Opinion: Re-examining the lessons of the 1948-49 Berlin blockade The showdown has been largely forgotten, but it offers valuable insights for today’s world ...

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 ...

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.

It is republished unedited in its original form. Life in Berlin for Americans these days is still fairly normal despite the blockade. Commissaries continue to be well-stocked.

BBC news reporter Patrick Smith explains the atmosphere in Berlin as the Soviet blockade takes hold.

Barack Obama arrives today in Berlin, a city with a singular relationship with America. It was 60 years ago last month that US Air Force cargo planes began what would become a year-long supply miss… ...

On This Day: May 12th witnessed significant events throughout history, from geopolitics to cultural milestones, including the end of the Soviet Union's blockade of Berlin in 1949.

The 60th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade was commemorated May 12 in Frankfurt. It was a smaller and more somber ceremony than the events of 11 months ago celebrating the 60th ...

As the blockade is finally lifted, this special news report looks back at the hardship endured in West Berlin over the past year.