In response, the Western Allies impose a counter-blockade on Soviet areas. June 26: The Berlin airlift begins with 32 flights by American C-47 aircraft in West Germany to the Tempelhof airport in ...

the Soviets cut electric power to West Berlin. On June 24, the Soviets halted all land and water access to the city; the blockade had begun. Despite having run a mini-airlift to re-supply the ...

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 ...

This became known as the Berlin Blockade. Berlin could now only be ... At the height of the Berlin Airlift, a plane landed at Berlin’s Templehof Airport every minute. Keeping West Berlin ...

Nearly overnight, Halvorsen became the face of the Berlin Airlift and a symbol of American ... the Soviets eventually called off the blockade for one simple reason: It wasn’t working.

The sculpture on Platz der Luftbrücke in front of the disused Tempelhof Airport commemorates the effort to supply the West ...