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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But of all the mechanisms, the most carefully calibrated is the squeezer known as the Berlin Blockade ... in 1948-49 (when it was broken by the airlift), and at half pressure in 1951, after ...