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 ...

October 26: The Soviet Union rejects the Security Council resolution ... Later that day an enormous crowd celebrates the end of the blockade by Berlin's City Hall and pays tribute to Clay.

The lifting of the Soviet Union's blockade of Berlin in 1949 marked a significant turning point in the early stages of the Cold War. The blockade had begun in June 1948, when the Soviet Union ...

After World War II, Germany was divided into what became two sectors: West Germany, controlled by the Western Allies (United ...

For almost a year, the Soviet Union blocked road ... began to airlift supplies of food and fuel to Berlin. As the blockade is finally lifted, this special news report looks back at the hardship ...

BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- East Berlin is a city under siege. Germans recall 1953 revolt BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- Eight years ago this summer the Soviet zone of Germany exploded into ...

General Clay, who was in charge of the American troops in Berlin, wanted to break through the blockade. He believed that the Soviet Union would not dare risk war as America was the world’s only ...