The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the ... to close all rail traffic from the western zones went into effect at 6:00AM on the morning of June 24, 1948, the three western ...

This became known as the Berlin blockade. Stalin did not intend to risk war over Berlin, he likely wanted to show that the Soviets also had power in Germany which could match the demonstrations of ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to ... United States officials feel the airlift has had a considerable effect. Berlin has become unfortunately, the symbol not of the German ...