This excellent and exceptionally interesting study of the background and course of the 1948 Berlin blockade is particularly noteworthy in its combination of diplomatic history and the study of public ...

The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948, the Western allies began moving towards consolidating their occupation zones in Western Germany into a single ...

Seventy years ago, in May, 1949, much to the relief of many in the world, the Soviets ended their 327-day blockade of West Berlin, located about 110 miles into Soviet-controlled East Germany.

In your Sept. 9 edition, you presented an article on the Berlin blockade and airlift of 1948-49. I would like to bring to your attention several factual errors. The article stated that the ...

The Berlin Blockade was lifted 70 years ago, on May 12, 1949.At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin, the German capital c… ...

897 Views Program ID: 448698-1 Category: Vignette Format: Vignette Location: Berlin, Germany First Aired: Jul 28, 2018 | 10:30pm EDT | C-SPAN 3 Last Aired: ...

Moscow this week announced that it was willing to lift the Berlin blockade—at a price. Moscow made two conditions: 1) the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers must meet again to discuss the ...

In municipal elections held at the darkest hour of the Berlin blockade in 1948, West Berliners showed their defiance of the Reds by giving their beloved mayor, Ernst Reuter, a record 64.5% of the ...