Like the Berlin Airlift, it is unlikely that a Taipei Airlift alone would be enough to end a blockade of Taiwan. If initial deterrence fails, the United States should compel the Chinese Communist ...

Earlier, Steinmeier welcomed Herzog to Berlin's Bellevue Schloss presidential palace for a state visit to commemorate 60 years of Israel-Germany diplomatic relations.

Middle East, Europe German president urges Israel to end Gaza blockade, begin humanitarian aid delivery 'I ask you to commit yourselves to make sure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to ...

Berlin blockade lifted On this day in 1949, an early battle of the Cold War ends when the USSR lifts its blockade against West Berlin. In June 1948, in an attempt to discourage the Western powers from ...

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.

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 ...

Beginning June 26, two days after the blockade was announced, U.S. and British planes carried out the largest air relief operation in history, transporting some 2.3 million tons of supplies into West ...