United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel's continued blockade of Gaza, describing the besieged ...

The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948, the Western allies began moving towards consolidating their occupation zones in Western Germany into a single ...

Just before midnight, the Soviets cut power to West Berlin and then begin a blockade of the city. June 24: All rail, road, and water access from the Western zones to Berlin is halted. The next ...

A Jesuit priest says he will rather go to prison than pay a fine of 500 euros or $541 for participating in a climate ...

The humanitarian mission known as the Berlin Airlift would be the only source of vital supplies for more than two million people until May 12, 1949, when the Soviet Union lifted the blockade. The ...

This became known as the Berlin Blockade. Berlin could now only be accessed by air, resulting in a restriction on the freedom to travel outside Berlin for all Germans. A shortage of food - West ...

This became known as the Berlin blockade. Stalin did not intend to risk war over Berlin, he likely wanted to show that the Soviets also had power in Germany which could match the demonstrations of ...

During the Berlin Airlift, this site became a lifeline for West Berliners, who were cut off by the Soviet blockade. The airport was bustling with aircraft landing every few minutes, delivering ...

AFTER six months of war the riddle is still the same: Can the Allies defeat Nazi Germany by their blockade, or can she become self-supporting in safety behind the Siegfried Line? Strategists and ...

1,600 outwit Berlin blockade BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI)--- Sixteen hundred East Germans have squeezed through the Communist blockade since it went into effect; it was revealed here today.A total ...

BERLIN (AP) — A Jesuit priest says he prefers going to prison than paying a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg.