In the shadow of Berlin’s collapse, the French storm battalion held the line in Neukölln with teenagers, veterans, and Panzerfausts. Trapped in a city without a front, they fought building by building ...

Critics invoked the spectre of 2003 and the quagmire of Iraq. Opinion pieces warned of regional blowback and a united front ...

Palestine’s tiny strip coastal strip, Gaza, has become a global cause over the past 17 years thanks, in part, to two women ...

On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union chose escalation. Soviet forces blocked all road, rail, and river access to the Western sectors of Berlin, initiating the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union declared ...

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.

The image is one of a series of 9 shot Sep. 21, 1948 by Stars and Stripes photographer Gerald Waller titled “Berlin Americans live normal life,” to show how Americans were adapting living in ...

Push Button. 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.

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 ...

Preparing for a Chinese blockade, Taiwan maps out wartime food plans By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard October 22, 20243:29 AM PDTUpdated October 22, 2024 ...

In a scenario in which sea fishing is not allowed, the ministry said the island's fish feed inventory will be enough to support fishing in ponds for more than three months. The ministry said it ...

Preparing for a Chinese Blockade, Taiwan Maps Out Wartime Food Plans By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government offered rare details on Tuesday of its wartime food plan ...