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 ...

This became known as the Berlin Blockade. Berlin could now only be accessed by air, resulting in a restriction on the freedom to travel outside Berlin for all Germans. A shortage of food - West ...

Tempelhof Airport stands as a symbol of resilience in Berlin's tumultuous history ... its military role, but its history as a lifeline during the blockade is commemorated in local museums and ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to ... Berlin has become unfortunately, the symbol not of the German problem, but of the Russian problem and United States efforts here have ...