1,600 outwit Berlin blockade. BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) ... A 27-year-old mason fled through the ruins that form a no-man's land between the Soviet and American sectors.

BERLIN, June 26, 1948 (UP) - Lieut. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, British military governor, formally protested today to Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky against the Soviet blockade of Berlin and asked ...

During the airlift, over 2.3 million tons of fuel, food and supplies were delivered to West Berlin in over 278,000 airdrops, according to a history of the campaign, by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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 ...

The Berlin Blockade was the first serious clash between the members of the former Grand Alliance close Grand Alliance During World War Two, the USA, Britain and the USSR formed the Grand Alliance ...

The blockade had begun in June 1948, when the Soviet Union, in response to the introduction of a new currency in West Berlin, cut off all land and water routes into the city, effectively isolating ...

The struggle to build support for humanitarian aid comes as May marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade, ... especially between the Soviet Union and the U.S., were evident ...

The Historical Precedent. On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union chose escalation. Soviet forces blocked all road, rail, and river access to the Western sectors of Berlin, initiating the Berlin ...