BERLIN, May 28, 1949 (UP) - Western Berlin fell back upon the Anglo-American airlift for sustenance today in the face of a Soviet-inspired rail blockade intended to smash the eight-day strike of ...

During the Berlin Airlift, this site became a lifeline for West Berliners, who were cut off by the Soviet blockade. The ...

June 26 marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift. From 1948 to 1949 the U.S. and Britain delivered crucial supplies to West Berlin, which the Soviets had sought to blockade.

FRANKFURT, May 12, 1949 (UP) -- With 1,583,721 tons and 194,531 flights behind them, the airlift boys kept them flying today.

The Berlin squeezer was used at full pressure in 1948-49 (when it was broken by the airlift), and at half pressure in 1951, after the West proposed West German rearmament. Last week the Kremlin ...

What caused the Berlin blockade crisis of 1948? ... This became known as the Berlin Airlift and it lasted for 11 months until the Blockade was lifted in May 1949. Back to top.

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 ...

Shortly before a small band of World War ll veterans gathered in France this week for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a local man was honored with a similar trip marking another military milestone, … ...