Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

 Photo Collection
 AirBridge to Berlin
 Road to Confrontation
 Who's Who During Big 4
 Political Activity Resumes
 Who's Who in New Berlin Governments
 Background on Conflict with USSR
 Eye of the Storm
 Marshall Plan
 The Airlift Begins
 Pilots
 Chocolate Flier
 Grateful Berliners
 Lighter Side (Cartoons)
 "Operation Vittles" Gets Organized
 Winter Campaign
 Blockade Lifted
 Aftermath 1949 -- 1959
 Photo Collection

Road to Confrontation

German refugees moving west, Bamberg, 13 July 1945.

German refugees moving west, Bamberg, 13 July 1945.


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US equipped troops of the French First Army advance cautiously into the town of Colmar, France, 2 February 1945.


Bread being distributed from a trailer in the residential Zehlendorf section of Berlin. The ration was two-thirds of a pound per day for employed persons and one-half pound for the unemployed.

Bread being distributed from a trailer in the residential Zehlendorf section of Berlin. The ration was two-thirds of a pound per day for employed persons and one-half pound for the unemployed.


Under the direction of Soviet soldiers, civilians clear rubble away from the Unter den Linden 4 May 1945.

Under the direction of Soviet soldiers, civilians clear rubble away from the Unter den Linden 4 May 1945.


Who's who during Big 4 Occupation

General Lucius D. Clay

General Lucius D. Clay


Who's who in New German and Berlin Governments

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer


The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

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