Word: fogs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heavy fog settled over the air corridors to blockaded Berlin. Instrument flying was the rule rather than the exception. On some days the airlift terminals were socked in so tightly that operations were suspended for as long as nine hours at a time. But after the first month of Germany's rugged winter weather, the daily average of cargo hauled stood at 4,229 tons-only some 300 tons below minimum needs...
...next month, airlift commanders expected colder weather to cut away the worst of the fogs. Meantime American C-54s had been transferred to British airlift bases to take advantage of the shorter run into Berlin. This week, as the fog lifted and airlift planes began full use of the new Tegel airstrip in the French sector of Berlin, Allied flyers lugged in a whopping 5,405 tons in one day. Said the Air Forces' Lieut. General John K. ("Uncle Joe") Cannon: "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind about our ability to supply Berlin in the winter...
...gave way at the first impact. Fighting was fierce. The fog was now very thick and mud-colored, so it was hard to tell friend from foe. The police hit hard. When four or five police got a single demonstrator in a corner, they beat him without mercy. The demonstrators' most effective weapons were the paving stones they had ripped up. About 20 police retreated with badly bashed faces...
...Champs Elysées it was very cold. The fog was thick and dirty and it added to the nightmarish quality of the scene. It choked men, so they stopped fighting to cough, and then were knocked down while they coughed, and fell to the ground, still coughing...
...battle on the Champs Elysees reached its worst phase just before nightfall. A gang of Communists surrounded a police car, tried to set fire to it. The gardes started shooting. Some fired in the air, but one or two shot blindly into the fog. By direct hit or ricochet, four men were wounded. Panic seized the Communists and they fled...