During the Berlin Airlift, this site became a lifeline for West Berliners, who were cut off by the Soviet blockade. The airport was bustling with aircraft landing every few minutes, delivering ...

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 blockade of Berlin ... the three western sectors of Berlin, with a civilian population of about 2,500,000 people, became dependent on reserve stocks and airlift replacements.

On 24th June 1948, Stalin cut all land access to Berlin for the Allies. This became known as the Berlin Blockade ... At the height of the Berlin Airlift, a plane landed at Berlin’s Templehof ...

The humanitarian mission known as the Berlin Airlift would be the only source of vital supplies for more than two million people until May 12, 1949, when the Soviet Union lifted the blockade. The ...

Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze — Series 1, The Berlin Blockade In 1948 Stalin blockaded Berlin. Bridget Kendall hears from three people who were there.