And that's when the airlift began – when the largest and most unlikely rescue in history brought food and hope to the people of Berlin.
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Airlift
//ˈɛə.lɪft//
Synonyms for "airlift" (65 found)
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21 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 空運 /空运 noun (the transportation of troops)
Dutch
3 entries- luchtbrug noun (the transportation of troops)
- luchtbrug noun (a flight)
- per luchtbrug vervoeren verb (to transport in an airlift)
Faroese
1 entries- loftbrúgv noun (the transportation of troops)
Finnish
2 entries- ilmasilta noun (the transportation of troops)
- ilmasilta noun (a flight)
French
2 entries- pont aérien noun (the transportation of troops)
- pont aérien noun (a flight)
German
3 entries- Luftbrücke noun (the transportation of troops)
- Luftbrücke noun (a flight)
- Luftbrückenflug noun (a flight)
Japanese
1 entries- 空輸 noun (the transportation of troops)
Polish
1 entries- most powietrzny noun (the transportation of troops)
Russian
4 entries- возду́шные перево́зки noun (the transportation of troops)
- возду́шный мост noun (the transportation of troops)
- возду́шный мост noun (a flight)
- эрли́фт noun (a pipe)
Spanish
1 entries- puente aéreo noun (the transportation of troops)
Swedish
2 entries- luftbro noun (the transportation of troops)
- luftbro noun (a flight)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
We need to airlift her.
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A Douglas C-47, called "Rosinenbomber" (German for "raisin bomber") and used during the Berlin Airlift, stands on the tarmac to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift at the U.S. Army's airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany, June 10, 2019.
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Though the airlift ended 70 years ago, many Germans remain grateful to all those who helped them survive the blockade, including “The Candy Bomber” Halvorsen, now 98 years old, who still visits with those in Germany he once reached out to across the Iron Curtain of the Cold War.
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