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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 ...

Berlin's Major Michael Mueller welcomes Gail Halverson, Airlift veteran and Raisin Bomber pilot, during the 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade, in Berlin, Germany, May 10, 2019.

Berliners are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport ...

But the practical effect of the Communists’ illegal fait accompli was a diminution of the West’s position in Berlin. More Must-Reads from TIME Cybersecurity Experts Are Sounding the Alarm on DOGE ...

For Frederick Kempe, president of the Atlantic Council, today “Ukraine is the front line of a global struggle,” just as West Berlin was during the Cold War — a reality acknowledged by China ...

Find out about the start of the Cold War with BBC ... countries that were still recovering from the effects of World War ... would not give up West Berlin, so the blockade was lifted ...