The blockade of Berlin ... the Western sectors of Berlin. The USSR, which had been invaded twice by Germany, was alarmed at the prospect of a strong Germany. The Soviet leadership responded ...

This became known as the Berlin Blockade. Berlin could now only be accessed by air, resulting in a restriction on the freedom to travel outside Berlin for all Germans. A shortage of food - West ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The American military provided humanitarian ...

The final weeks of April 1945 saw Soviet troops advance on Berlin, bringing World War II in Europe to an end. Amid the Soviet onslaught and the confused Nazi retreat, Russian troops found ways to ...

This woman's hat had tiny US and British flags to mark the occasion Dignitaries from around the world have gathered in Berlin to commemorate ... Berlin airlift. The Soviet Union entirely blockaded ...

Out of a military alliance of shared aims emerged two hostile camps, and these tensions were felt most acutely in Berlin.

BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- East Berlin is a city under siege. Germans recall 1953 revolt BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- Eight years ago this summer the Soviet zone of Germany exploded into ...

On January 27, Russia marks the 74th anniversary since Soviet troops completely lifted the Nazi blockade of Leningrad ... was held in the city to mark the lifting of the siege.

The Soviets could seize Berlin ... blockade of Cuba Kennedy’s final decision was a US blockade of Cuba, which Kennedy called a ‘quarantine zone’, and which could stop further Soviet missiles ...