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 blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948 ... all rail traffic from the western zones went into effect at 6:00AM on the morning of June 24, 1948, the three ...

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The first major crisis of the Cold ... access to Berlin for the Allies, citing ‘technical difficulties'. This became known as the Berlin blockade. Stalin did not intend to risk war over Berlin ...

Ever since the Yalta Conference, it had been clear that Berlin was going to be a flash point in the Cold War, and this came ... This became known as the Berlin Blockade. Berlin could now only ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the ... has had a considerable effect. Berlin has become ...