Ever since the Yalta Conference, it had been clear that Berlin was going to be a flash point in the Cold ... the Berlin Airlift. To shoot down the planes could have provoked World War Three ...

The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948 ... became dependent on reserve stocks and airlift replacements. It was one of the most ruthless efforts in modern ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The American military provided humanitarian ...

Narrator: After World War Two, a 45-year struggle ... and France launched an airlift from the west German zones into West Berlin. They carried in coal, food, medicine and other supplies the ...

He played a crucial role in the early days of the C.I.A., as a station chief in Cold War Berlin and Hong Kong, before shifting gears to popularize Blue Nun wine.

Challenges: The Cold War began when World War II ended ... Strained relations with Russia resulted in the Berlin Airlift—the dropping of supplies to East Berlin—and extended American wartime aid to ...