12 mai 1949 - Berlin Blockade Ends (May 12, 1949)
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The Berlin Blockade ended on May 12, 1949, when the USSR lifted the blockade on access into West Berlin. The Blockade ended after the Western Allied Powers’ relentlessness in maintaining airlifts and continuing aid to West Berlin. The significance of this event is that, although the crisis ended peacefully, tensions between the Western Allies and the USSR were continuing to increase.
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