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Berlin blockade and airlift Map of Berlin from 1949 to 1990 showing the city divided into sectors controlled by France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. West Berlin is split into French, British, and American sectors, while East Berlin is under Soviet control. The map also indicates the areas of West and East Berlin and their respective sizes, with surrounding East Germany shown.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jun 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Berlin Airlift, Cold War, Soviet blockade, West Berlin, U.S. military, humanitarian aid, 1948, Allied powers. Jun 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training - The Berlin Blockade and Airlift of 1948. Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of War - The Berlin Airlift: What It Was, Its Importance in the Cold War. Jul 31, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Birmingham - Cold War History: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift. Jun 18, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - The Berlin blockade. Mar 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The-Berlin-Blockade (1).docx. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - The Berlin Airlift. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - The Berlin blockade - archive, 1948. Aug 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Start of the Cold War - The Berlin airlift and the creation of NATO. May 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Supplying a city by Air: The Berlin Airlift. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Berlin Blockade. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum - The Blockade of Berlin. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - The Berlin Airlift. Apr 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Alpha History - The Berlin blockade. Mar 03, 2023
Media added. Jan 28, 2020
Deleted videos. Dec 13, 2019
Changed article title from "Berlin blockade and airlift" to "Berlin blockade." Mar 27, 2019
Replaced photograph. Mar 30, 2017
Add new Web site: The Cold War Museum - The Berlin Blockade. Aug 09, 2016
Media added. May 29, 2015
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - The Berlin Airlift, 1948�1949. Feb 24, 2015
Add new Web site: United States History - Berlin Airlift. Feb 24, 2015
Media added. Mar 25, 2008
Added new Web site: Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation - The Berlin Airlift. Sep 13, 2007
Added new Web site: The Berlin Airlift - Timeline. Sep 13, 2007
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article revised. Jan 25, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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