Not possessing a vast armada of four engined heavy bombers with which to hit cities like Berlin, the Soviet story ... This is the story of Stalin’s dramatic 1941 bombing campaign against the ...

Millions of Russians- many of them Stalin's one-time friends- went to martyr's graves because they threatened his plans. Tens of millions more were consigned to living death in concentration camps.

The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the ... an American-Western European military alliance. In May 1949, Stalin had little choice but to lift the blockade.

The Soviet Army begins the long push back into Germany and all the way to Berlin. Stalin plays a decisive role in Germany’s defeat and great swathes of Eastern Europe are occupied by Soviet ...

July 25: A C-47 crashes into an apartment in Berlin; two people die. July 27: The Soviets threaten to fly into the three Allied air corridors. August 2: Western representatives meet with Stalin ...

U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin. In 1953, Georgi Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union one day after the death of Joseph Stalin. In 1957 ...

In response, Stalin blocked all land borders into West Berlin. This stopped food, medicine and supplies being transported into western zones by road, railway or canal. Some historians believe that ...