The Berlin Airlift was
A. Truman's effort to relieve West Berliners by sending in cargo planes with supplies after Stalin asserted control of the region by sealing off access.
B. a Soviet attempt to take the city of Berlin with an assault by paratroopers.
C. an attempt to remove all American citizens from Berlin while Stalin was trying to seal off the city from outside access.
D. Stalin's attempt to win favor with the German people by sending food and needed medical supplies to the starving, impoverished people of Berlin.
Answer: A
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