The Berlin squeezer was used at full pressure in 1948-49 (when it was broken by the airlift), and at half pressure in 1951, after the West proposed West German rearmament.

Berlin blockade lifted, but planes keep flying FRANKFURT, May 12, 1949 (UP) -- With 1,583,721 tons and 194,531 flights behind them, the airlift boys kept them flying today.

Within weeks after Hitler’s death in a Berlin bunker, Berliners were singing a defiant pop song called Berlin Will Rise Again. Its words did not really begin to come true until the Berlin blockade.

A total of 5,300 refugees registered in West Berlin, from Saturday afternoon until this morning. Of these, 3,700 registered before the blockade yesterday.

The blockade further alienated regions of free Germany from supporting the Soviets and hastened the formation of an anti-Soviet coalition that became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Like the ...

75 years after the Berlin airlift, America's humanitarian missions still bring hope Anniversary reminds us of the importance of taking a good look at one of the critical core functions of the Air ...

Long Island played key role in historic Berlin Airlift during Soviet blockade, 75 years ago In this undated photo, West Berlin youngsters watch a C-54 bringing food and supplies to their blockaded ...

The Berlin blockade and later the Berlin wall foreshadowed similar events in the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia after the Russian-Georgian war of 2008. And in relation to today’s Ukraine, ...

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he came to Germany as a so-called contingent refugee. Among contingent refugees were victims of the blockade, about 300 of whom are still alive today.