The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War ...

In June 1948, in response to a Soviet blockade on West Berlin, Allied powers began transporting supplies through an airlifting campaign that lasted until September 1949. The U.S. involvement of this ...

The end of the Berlin Airlift on September 30, 1949, marked a stunning, early victory in the Cold War. The crisis grew out of a plan by the United States, Britain, and France a year earlier to create ...

Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as "The Candy Bomber" for his acts of kindness during the Berlin Airlift, passed away at the age of 101. During his service in the Berlin Airlift, Halvorsen famously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on June 24, 1948, as word that the Soviet Union had cut off power and other essential services ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - June 25th, 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin, cutting off access by road, rail and water. President Harry S. Truman refused to abandon the city and backed the ...

DENVER — U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen — known as the "Candy Bomber" for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday ...

(Reuters) - This week marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift. Below is the history and some facts behind the western allies' response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin: ...

February 4-11: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchilll, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin ...

PARIS, Oct. 21, 1948 (UP) - The three western powers, who have decided to withdraw their condemnation of Russia as a threat to peace if the Berlin blockade is lifted, accepted a small-nation formula ...