The Berlin Blockade (June 24th,1948 – May 12th, 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift (German: Berliner Luftbrücke, or "Berlin Air Bridge"') from June 26th, 1948 to September 30th, 1949 to carry supplies to the people of West-Berlin.
The "Haus der Geschichte" features the history of this event in its post-WW II-section, showing the inside of a "Rosinenbomber", a Douglas C-54 Skymaster.
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