Berlin Blockade and Airlift
(1948–1949).On 24 June 1948, the Soviet Union cut off rail, highway, and water access routes from the western zones of Germany into Berlin. In reaction, the three Western occupying powers—the United States, Great Britain, and France—blocked supplies going into the eastern zone and instituted an airlift of food and coal for the western sectors of the city. This dramatic ... ...
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