Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyev offered no evidence for his accusations against Germany or the alleged plans for occupation.

When the Berlin blockade struck in 1948, West Berlin rallied behind the late great Mayor Ernst Reuter (TIME, Sept. 18, 1950), a tough, aristocratic Socialist with a deeply etched face, who fought ...

Breaking the Blockade is Not Enough In 1949, Soviet resolve did not waiver solely because of the material success of the Berlin Airlift. West Berlin was 100 miles behind Red Army lines and the Soviets ...

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.

Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: Three months in, the meat department at the Berlin commissary in West Berlin’s American Sector still offers the same variety as it did before the Berlin ...

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Keywords Berlin, Cold War, Iron Curtain, East Germany, West Germany, democracy, isolation, resilience, Berlin Blockade, reconstruction, freedom, ideological conflict Email us at footage@avgeeks ...

On Nov. 9, 1989, the communist government of East Germany announced that all residents would be permitted to travel to West Berlin and West Germany. Crowds of Eastern and Western Germans climbed ...

This excellent and exceptionally interesting study of the background and course of the 1948 Berlin blockade is particularly noteworthy in its combination of diplomatic history and the study of public ...

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.