MEN OF WAR (PC): Onset of Third World War - United States vs. Russia 1948 (Alternate History)

(Factual) The Berlin blockade began in June 1948 was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post--World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin.[1][2] The United States Air Force and the British Royal Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing up to 4700 tons of daily necessities such as fuel and food to the Berliners. (Fictional) The Soviets enraged by the Western Allies defiance of their blockade, issued an order to fire upon & shoot down any Anglo-American aircraft with intent to re-supply Berlin. In response the United States Army bu