Berlin in the balance 1945-1949
the blockade, the airlift, the first major battle of the cold war
United states, history, 1945-
United states, foreign relations, soviet union
Cold War
Military policy
History
In June 1948, Soviet authorities in Germany announced a land blockade of the American, British, and French sectors of Berlin. Isolated more than one hundred miles within Soviet-occupied territory, western Berlin was in danger of running out of coal, food, and the courage to stand up to Joseph Stalin…
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