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The 'candy bombers' who gave a besieged city hope

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Updated: 13/05/2019 - 8:31 GMT+2

It was the first crisis of the Cold War. But the airlift that saved Berlin 70 years ago still resonates among Germans - and helped cement friendship between former enemies.

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