On 24 June 1948, Stalin cut all land access to Berlin for the Allies, citing ‘technical difficulties'.. This became known as the Berlin blockade.. Stalin did not intend to risk war over Berlin ...

When the Berlin blockade struck in 1948, West Berlin rallied behind the late great Mayor Ernst Reuter (TIME, Sept. 18, 1950), a tough, aristocratic Socialist with a deeply etched face, who fought ...

This week the West stopped talking to Moscow about the Berlin crisis. Instead, it started talking to the world. In Paris, George Marshall, Ernest Bevin and Robert Schuman gravely announced that the ...

The Berlin Airlift - in answer to the so-called Berlin Blockade instituted by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin - makes sure Americans living in West Berlin can get their groceries. (Gerald Waller/Stars ...

Berlin, West Germany, Sep ... Americans live normal life,” to show how Americans were adapting living in Berlin during the Berlin Blockade which began June 24, 1948 when Josef Stalin, ...

BBC news reporter Patrick Smith explains the atmosphere in Berlin as the Soviet blockade takes hold and the Western powers are forced to keep their sectors of the city supplied by flying in ...