In 1948, Stalin tried to force the Western powers out of Berlin by cutting off roads, railways, waterways, and electricity to ...
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BERLIN -- Berlin paid tribute Tuesday to veterans of the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift in which the Western allies flew vital supplies into West Berlin, a key Cold War moment that forced the Soviets to lift ...
It was seventy years ago this summer when West Berlin faced starvation from a blockade by the Soviet Union. America’s heroic response to that crisis gives us hope to feed the hungry in conflict zones ...
Historian Pearson (Berlin) takes an illuminating up-close look at the Berlin Airlift and the kicking off of the Cold War. The common narrative goes that on June 28, 1949, Berlin—sliced into quadrants ...
Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen displays the newly authorized Berlin Airlift streamer presented to him Oct. 29 at the Airlift Tanker Association convention. Units that participated in the 1948-1949 ...
February 4-11: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchilll, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin ...