Month: May 2023

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Soviet Union Lifts Its 11-month Blockade Against West Berlin

“On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin’s two million citizens.”

More: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted

“On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin’s two million citizens.”

More: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted