Front Page UK World Business Sci/Tech Sport Despatches World News in Audio On Air Talking Point Feedback Low Graphics Help Site Map			Tuesday, May 12, 1998 Published at 18:28 GMT 19:28 UK Special Report The Berlin blockade: Moscow draws the iron curtain Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union launched the blockade of Berlin by cracking down on the free movement of traffic into the city. It was an act of agression that plunged Europe headfirst into a new war. Celebrating the lifting of the blockade Blocked but not beaten, the airlift begins The Berlin Airlift broke all the rules, and Russia's resolve. Hundreds of thousands of flights delivered millions of tons of supplies in an effort to beat the Soviet blockade. Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage ©