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1. Berlin Blockade: Definition, Date & Airlift | HISTORY
Link: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-blockade
Description: WEBJun 1, 2010 · The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain and France to travel to their respective sectors of the city of Berlin,...
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2. Berlin blockade | Overview, Significance, History, & Facts
Link: https://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-blockade
Description: WEBMar 1, 2024 · Berlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948–49, to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin.
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3. Berlin Blockade - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
Description: WEBThe Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. It played a major role in aligning West Berlin with the United States and Britain as the major protecting powers, and in drawing West Germany into the NATO orbit several years later in 1955.
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4. The Blockade of Berlin | Harry S. Truman
Link: https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/blockade-berlin
Description: WEBIn June 1948 the Soviet Union, whose territory fully surrounded the capital, cut off all ground traffic into and out of West Berlin in an attempt to force the Allies to abandon the city. The blockade of Berlin had begun. President Truman suddenly faced a crisis.
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5. The Berlin blockade - Alpha History
Link: https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/berlin-blockade/
Description: WEBFour days later, on June 24th, Soviet forces implemented a full-scale blockade of Allied zones in West Berlin. The Russians closed the land corridors, halting Allied road and rail shipments and sending them back to their points of origin.
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6. Berlin Airlift - Definition, Blockade & Date | HISTORY
Link: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-airlift
Description: WEBMar 9, 2011 · The Berlin Airlift was the name of an operation that carried supplies by plane to the Allied sectors of West Berlin over a Russian blockade in the late 1940s.
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7. Berlin blockade Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/facts/Berlin-blockade
Description: WEBBerlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948–49, to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin.
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8. The Berlin blockade - archive, 1948 | Cold war | The Guardian
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2018/jul/27/berlin-blockade-cold-war-1948
Description: WEBJul 27, 2018 · The Berlin blockade - archive, 1948. On 24 June 1948, the Soviet Union blocked supply routes to West Berlin. The western allies countered with an airlift of supplies in what became one of the...
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9. Why the Berlin Airlift Was the First Major Battle of the Cold War
Link: https://www.history.com/news/berlin-airlift-wall-cold-war-blockade
Description: WEBJun 27, 2018 · On June 24, 1948, outraged by the currency reform introduced by the United States and Britain into their occupied zones of Germany, the Soviets blocked all road, rail and water routes to the...
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10. How The Allies Defeated The Soviet Blockade Of Berlin
Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-the-allies-defeated-the-soviet-blockade-of-berlin-in-the-cold-war
Description: WEBSee object record. Initially the situation was improvised and uncoordinated, but soon developed into an efficient operation that at its peak was landing aircraft at three-minute intervals. Realising that the Western half of the city was coping well, the Russians lifted the blockade on 12 May 1949.
