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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 24, 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the ...

It’s hard to celebrate the biggest airlift operation of all time without a plane. But on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the American DC-3 scheduled to take part in ...

EDWARD GOLDSTEIN, af.mil Special to The Gazette Jul 2, 2023 Jul 2, 2023 ARLINGTON, Va. • Seventy-five years ago, midway through a century marred by bloody conflict, the world faced a grave new crisis.

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, Sep. 25, 1948. It is republished unedited in its original form. Life in Berlin for Americans these days is still fairly normal ...

Emedie “John” Mazzella remembers the moment, more than 75 years ago, when duty to country catalyzed into a personal calling. World War II had officially ended. It was the eve of the Berlin Blockade ...

On the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift on Sunday, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius hailed the Allies' robust stance against Soviet intimidation, and called for international solidarity ...

When it comes to food airdrops like the one in Gaza that President Biden recently authorized, the United States has a long history to draw on. Seventy five years ago, the Berlin Airlift of 1948/49 ...

February 4-11: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchilll, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin ...