<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ephendula izinyathelo zaseNtshonalanga ezihlose ukuvuselela izimboni ezindaweni zabo zokubuswa amaJalimane, uStalin wayala ukuba kuvalwe izingxenye zaseBerlin ezazilawulwa abaseNtshonalanga, ezazisendaweni ejulile endaweni eyayibuswa amaSoviet. UStalin wayenethemba lokuvimbela ukwakhiwa kombuso waseNtshonalanga Jalimane owawuhambisana ne - U.S., noma, uma lokho kungaphumeleli, ukuqinisa ukulawula empumalanga Jalimane. Ngemva kokuqala kokuvinjelwa ngoJuni 24, 1948, umkhuzi wendawo eyayihlala amaMelika eJalimane, uJenene Lucius D. Clay, wasikisela ukuthumela ikholomu enkulu yezihlangu enqamula indawo yaseSoviet iye eNtshonalanga Berlin nemiyalo yokuzivikela uma imiswa noma ihlaselwa. UTrueman wayekholelwa ukuthi lokhu kwakuzoletha ingozi yempi engamukeleki, futhi esikhundleni salokho wavuma uhlelo luka-Ernest Bevin lokunikeza idolobha elalivalelwe umoya. Ngo-June 25, ama-Allies aqala i-Berlin Airlift  <response>: , umkhankaso owawuletha ukudla nezinye izinto, njengamalahle, kusetshenziswa izindiza zempi ngezinga elikhulu. Ayikho into efana nayo eyayike yazanywa ngaphambili, futhi asikho isizwe esisodwa esasinamandla okuyifeza, ngokwengcebo noma ngezinto ezibonakalayo. Umzila wezindiza wasebenza, futhi kwavunyelwa ukuba abantu baphinde bahambe ngezindiza ngo-May 11, 1949. I-Berlin Airlift yayingenye yezinhlanhla ezinkulu zikaTruman kwezombusazwe, futhi yasiza kakhulu umkhankaso wakhe wokhetho ngo-1948. 