Although American naval forces would likely come into play to counter a blockade, America’s most likely immediate response option is strategic airlift of vital supplies. The successful Berlin Airlift ...

T he Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War period. Simmering tensions between the occupying powers of post-war Berlin boiled over in 1948 when the Soviet ...

T he Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War period. Simmering tensions between the occupying powers of post-war Berlin boiled over in 1948 when the Soviet ...

The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991 by Vladislav Zubok, Pelican £25, 544 pages Charles Clover is FT’s security & defence correspondent and a former Moscow bureau chief ...

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After World War II ended, the United States and the Soviet Union began competing for primacy in a global struggle pitting democracy against communism. Tensions between the two superpowers led to such ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch The Berlin Airlift First Battle of the Cold War (1998). Explore cast details and learn more on ...

On Nov. 9, 1989, the communist government of East Germany announced that all residents would be permitted to travel to West Berlin and West Germany. Crowds of Eastern and Western Germans climbed ...

President Kennedy decided to reinforce the 5,000-man U.S. garrison in Berlin, ordered 1,500 troops of the 8th Division to cross East Germany along the Helmstedt-Berlin Autobahn in armored trucks.

For Frederick Kempe, president of the Atlantic Council, today “Ukraine is the front line of a global struggle,” just as West Berlin was during the Cold War — a reality acknowledged by China and Russia ...

If that day comes, the Americans, British and French will have to stage the most disgraceful retreat of the cold war. This article originally ran in the July 19, 1948 issue of the magazine.