Berlin Crisis of 1961
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War concerning the status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The cr
U.S. M48 tanks face Soviet T-54 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, October 1961.
President John F. Kennedy meets with Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna 1961
East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall in 1961
East German water cannons near the Brandenburg Gate spray high-pressure water at West Berliners protesting the division of their city, 14 August 1961
Berlin Blockade
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The Berlin Blockade 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' rail
Berlin Crisis of 1961
…John F. Kennedy. Previously, in 1948 and 1949 Krushchev's predecessor Joseph Stalin had tried and also failed to change the status of Berlin with the Berlin Blockade. When talks broke down and no agreement was reached, in August 1961 East German leader Walter Ulbricht, with Khrushchev's backing, ordered the closing…
West Berliners watch a Douglas C-54 Skymaster land at Tempelhof Airport, 1948
Germans watching supply planes at Tempelhof
A C-74 Globemaster plane at Gatow airfield on 19 August with more than 20 tons of flour from the United States
An RAF Short Sunderland moored on the Havel near Berlin unloading salt during the airlift