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 ...

Just before midnight, the Soviets cut power to West Berlin and then begin a blockade of the city. June 24: All rail, road, and water access from the Western zones to Berlin is halted. The next ...

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 ...

In April 1949, twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO—a military alliance designed to deter Soviet ...

Those who walk through Kennesaw State University may find what looks like a 12-foot stone slap covered in graffiti. That's ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain jointly called on Israel to adhere to international ...

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 ...

Among several events, Terry Moore will be sharing a historic overview of the Berlin Blockade at the Texas Panhandle War ...

BERLIN: Germany, France and Britain on Wednesday called on Israel to stop blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning of "an ...

But of all the mechanisms, the most carefully calibrated is the squeezer known as the Berlin Blockade. It is so sensitive that it can register cold-war pressure by the raising or lowering of a ...