German children watching the flight of a low-flying American Douglas C-47 transport aircraft "Skytrain" over the destroyed houses in Berlin. The city was blockaded by the Soviets and the western allies supplied it by air. The blockade lasted for 11 months (June 1948-May 1949).

Berlin airlift

Stavelot, Belgium 1945 and about 12 year ago, same spot
taken from fb

Then 

A group of soldiers from the Canadian Berlin Battalion, sitting on the turret of a dug-in German tank (left to right): Pvt. M. Melancon, Pvt. R. Gauthier, Pvt. J. Allaire, Pvt. M. Renaud, Pvt. C. Rollin & Pvt. R. Baun - Berlin, Germany; 14 July, 1945.