tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64490297440200798562024-12-18T19:29:10.542-08:00Blog dedicated to the historical novel by Kati Fabian combining the first and the last event of the Cold War era: the Berlin Airlift and the Fall of the Berlin WallKati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-21642033829087684092019-02-27T10:23:00.000-08:002019-02-27T10:23:31.166-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><o:p>February 4 - 11, 1945</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><o:p>President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin into American, British, French and Russian zones.</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ignore: vglayout;"><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td height="44" width="6"></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QggXi0DFuB_GtWB0ModYWRu1pN2m0WgqukzDIDS88ePXHhlt4H7_bfuNVSJgioyVhvtrtaM88uZ5Lr6xZmOJq9M5nbjs7hBJysOOsSK4IWHfbQRFH_kxNaHM6nNwh-Z5J-PCon_quIi3/s1600/image001-765155.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="272" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6662744391882564114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QggXi0DFuB_GtWB0ModYWRu1pN2m0WgqukzDIDS88ePXHhlt4H7_bfuNVSJgioyVhvtrtaM88uZ5Lr6xZmOJq9M5nbjs7hBJysOOsSK4IWHfbQRFH_kxNaHM6nNwh-Z5J-PCon_quIi3/s400/image001-765155.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-17603693731439415302019-02-27T10:15:00.002-08:002019-02-27T10:15:40.077-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;</span></o:p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;During the Berlin Airlift 200 230 415 km (124 420 813 miles) were flown in a total of 277 804 flights.</span></o:p></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-33062434006767921032019-01-18T13:56:00.000-08:002019-01-18T13:58:19.249-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Colonel Gail Seymour "Hal"&nbsp; Halvorsen is a retired officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">His story directly inspired the Chapter 22 - The Candy Bomber in the historical novel "Eagles Over Berlin".</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Here below Tom Brokaw's interview with Gail Halvorsen :</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QWbISrde2mQ/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QWbISrde2mQ?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-40858484349296955092019-01-07T08:21:00.000-08:002019-01-07T08:21:24.898-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">January 1949 :<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">The first American airlift participants begin rotating back to their home bases. The British begin evacuating Berlin children in planes that have unloaded their cargo.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-14798435012536886842018-12-31T04:56:00.000-08:002018-12-31T04:56:30.030-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">December 31, 1948 :<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">100,000 flights have been completed since the airlift began.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-29277769504416379262018-12-27T05:23:00.000-08:002018-12-27T05:59:48.956-08:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_nHdB1vJNsg" width="459"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br />Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-73463946407643707482018-12-24T07:19:00.000-08:002018-12-24T07:19:24.804-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">December 24, 1948 :<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;">Bob Hope conducts a Christmas tour of airlift bases, performing for American soldiers in Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;</span></o:p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVWvGPaMZvU1O20M5AqfFcD0bN09LC1ssbqfr4w2IpoqU2V58-FohdBC3FKtFdRovoQXWja5TEIpN6n7nTBQiC5ncJqor9WyjoSMe75A32SM4s3eJbtiGEI6rQyK6CC5TQWuYCykycXgT/s1600/Hope_WWII_44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="459" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVWvGPaMZvU1O20M5AqfFcD0bN09LC1ssbqfr4w2IpoqU2V58-FohdBC3FKtFdRovoQXWja5TEIpN6n7nTBQiC5ncJqor9WyjoSMe75A32SM4s3eJbtiGEI6rQyK6CC5TQWuYCykycXgT/s320/Hope_WWII_44.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Hope performing for American soldiers during WWII</td></tr> </tbody></table> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-69354812379952694532018-12-20T11:05:00.002-08:002018-12-22T12:15:55.968-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">December 20, 1948 :<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">„Operation Santa Claus” brings Christmas gifts to 10,000 Berlin children.<span style="color: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ignore: vglayout;"><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td height="25" width="6"></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PI4qUub1FiGLvTyWBuh2EjbQg4IQRJXQ_Ic8v4xDBA8Q6U3_iicfnJFM704rBrbO-9Fu-XgVTEzh2jNGKES2WVkblTPES4tqSwnftaC9txVYf_RlFVCx2eemUBV1Lt8lD4j6H-KHr8vq/s1600/image001-709604.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="218" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6637151732451195778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PI4qUub1FiGLvTyWBuh2EjbQg4IQRJXQ_Ic8v4xDBA8Q6U3_iicfnJFM704rBrbO-9Fu-XgVTEzh2jNGKES2WVkblTPES4tqSwnftaC9txVYf_RlFVCx2eemUBV1Lt8lD4j6H-KHr8vq/s320/image001-709604.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-59640727909043430242018-12-17T10:24:00.001-08:002018-12-17T10:24:21.755-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><b><br /></b></span></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><b>December 17, 1947 :</b><o:p></o:p></span></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">The Congress American enacts the legislation authorizing the first aid payments of the Marshall Plan</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;inherit&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnc7oxlYShRn1sJsLPQL5aI0nMhUQv0MeaLLqVkwoHJ-MlqG6yf5CDyabVFGelvWs7mZEoI5dovPAzjrNj7aec-mUHRwH3Klxhf96akIHDoTTkGM2UKVO6fwd49FHaERpb4um8UABYboi/s1600/image002-736146.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6636028282668216178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnc7oxlYShRn1sJsLPQL5aI0nMhUQv0MeaLLqVkwoHJ-MlqG6yf5CDyabVFGelvWs7mZEoI5dovPAzjrNj7aec-mUHRwH3Klxhf96akIHDoTTkGM2UKVO6fwd49FHaERpb4um8UABYboi/s320/image002-736146.jpg" /></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;inherit&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.4pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">General George C. Marshall</span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-47694421520770364302018-12-15T09:29:00.000-08:002018-12-15T09:29:16.837-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow;"><br /></span></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow;">December 16, 1948 :<o:p></o:p></span></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow;">During the Berlin Airlift a third airport has been constructed in Tegel, in the French sector. However, the airport could not begin operations because two radio towers, operated by the soviet forces obstructed the landing area. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow;">On that day, French engineers destroyed the transmitting towers of the communist-run radio station near Tegel.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: yellow;">This incident directly inspired the Chapter 34: „The Radio Towers” in the historical novel <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/">„Eagles Over Berlin”</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-85086781021345585992018-12-12T10:03:00.000-08:002018-12-12T10:03:18.844-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Normal daily food requirements for Berlin was 2032 tons</span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-89366998173419109522018-12-11T14:11:00.002-08:002018-12-11T14:11:59.151-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">December 11, 1957<o:p></o:p></span></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">New legislation in East Germany<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Leaving East Germany without permission would result in a prison sentence of up to three years</span></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-91699726762190620312018-12-10T04:35:00.001-08:002018-12-11T14:04:27.915-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">39 British, 31 American and 13 German civilians lost their lives in the Berlin Airlift. They are remembered on the Berlin Airlift monument at Tempelhof in Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-75669091283414795022018-12-08T10:32:00.000-08:002018-12-10T04:26:45.790-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.5pt;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: &quot;inherit&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">November 25 - December 17, 1946<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.5pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.5pt;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;inherit&quot; , serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Another conference of foreign ministers is held in London, but again no agreement is reached on the future government of Germany.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-32298548927030729712018-12-03T08:17:00.001-08:002018-12-11T14:05:03.696-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow;">„The transport division of the Soviet military administration is compelled to halt all passenger and freight traffic to and from Berlin tomorrow at 0600 hours because of technical difficulties. West Berlin will receive electricity only between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m....”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;">Soviet Communique on June 24, 1948</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-49942635900521413342013-02-14T08:55:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:01:31.503-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>February 15, 1949<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>America's U.N. delegate, Philip Jessup, begins talks with his Soviet counterpart, Jacob Malik.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRq8OBsgII8HkrE2MdfuXUqm-6SQjCxWKJ22uaAQUd8gcv85rGQd_4fc1-lS510q8Y4EcdxGd-ksbQWlxF39vjz9VXYU8BS4AImS8gUOFG5r67LatY72uJspYXBeelENV4pIb__-mbMyS/s1600/image001-722808.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRq8OBsgII8HkrE2MdfuXUqm-6SQjCxWKJ22uaAQUd8gcv85rGQd_4fc1-lS510q8Y4EcdxGd-ksbQWlxF39vjz9VXYU8BS4AImS8gUOFG5r67LatY72uJspYXBeelENV4pIb__-mbMyS/s320/image001-722808.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5844853155624235362" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-71089627474498508122013-02-14T08:53:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:01:27.451-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>February 1946<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The American foreign affairs adviser in post in Moscow, George Kennan, composes an 8,000-word &quot;long telegram&quot; laying out his understanding of the Soviet world view. Kennan's telegram helps shape U.S. foreign policy. George Kennan is <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>best known as &quot;the father of containment&quot; and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8KfcTrAEcpTQMuD0O_OHEc6X-daI9IlqER3p3k7kr5AgTcR3eUHL1IHtq5LWZy1_2l0hLrPQjyU5U1oGuf4tT265vxDdJ1GdJP4bzuI543Ixjjcpe2IMRxsVCS9gUUjC_DzK9w-oNvXE/s1600/image001-781387.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8KfcTrAEcpTQMuD0O_OHEc6X-daI9IlqER3p3k7kr5AgTcR3eUHL1IHtq5LWZy1_2l0hLrPQjyU5U1oGuf4tT265vxDdJ1GdJP4bzuI543Ixjjcpe2IMRxsVCS9gUUjC_DzK9w-oNvXE/s320/image001-781387.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5844852552706674146" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-51354978472985754322013-02-14T08:47:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:01:23.537-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>February 4 &#8211; 11, 1945.<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin into American, British, French, and Russian zones.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEDr7851CN4L0_GLsXH_KCe6Wy5AcqQUWjsoRoM6e4IuCPmMmERrBjsu1BaYxEvuyYWhzwZ9AVYEh_QFZzxAUSxBdeCmjY08f255HH22TxGPl2q5khvq8y8d4EcECIpXfuKGPOmiexPWO/s1600/image001-744678.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEDr7851CN4L0_GLsXH_KCe6Wy5AcqQUWjsoRoM6e4IuCPmMmERrBjsu1BaYxEvuyYWhzwZ9AVYEh_QFZzxAUSxBdeCmjY08f255HH22TxGPl2q5khvq8y8d4EcECIpXfuKGPOmiexPWO/s320/image001-744678.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5844851104281202018" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-62386307933808870852013-02-14T08:44:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:01:17.592-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>January 31, 1949.<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More than 170,000 tons of supplies have been airlifted this month, a new record. More than 20 airlift personnel have also died in January.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-21072487232894210292013-02-14T08:41:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:01:03.903-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>January 24, 1949<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 250,000th ton of coal arrives at Tegel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIAX_jACp0tECPUS-sPtjBi-dQKEHWPbnh5-bv9eIkqVpzt-3sGOJs8QslerLqAvRdJfxdtFGwKHhzwL5KxMz6I6PBQ9e_-BktIy3ZQWWlwHwRZspmVg3mgFuztGTjceagmYaMXG4E_Jg/s1600/image001-701622.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIAX_jACp0tECPUS-sPtjBi-dQKEHWPbnh5-bv9eIkqVpzt-3sGOJs8QslerLqAvRdJfxdtFGwKHhzwL5KxMz6I6PBQ9e_-BktIy3ZQWWlwHwRZspmVg3mgFuztGTjceagmYaMXG4E_Jg/s320/image001-701622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5844849629232046738" /></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-82167221677081662512013-02-14T08:36:00.000-08:002013-02-14T09:00:53.759-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>January 18, 1951<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ernst Reuter is reelected mayor of West Berlin.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-3038623853042142342013-02-14T08:34:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:00:42.557-08:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>January 1949<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The first American airlift participants begin rotating back to their home bases. The British begin evacuating Berlin children in planes that have unloaded their cargo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=IT>Kati Fabian - <a href="www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div>Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-48586561461210825512012-12-21T11:04:00.001-08:002012-12-31T01:37:42.964-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>December 31, 1948</u><o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> 100,000 flights have been completed since the airlift began.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-72442206621375896162012-12-21T11:04:00.000-08:002012-12-21T11:04:28.788-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>December 16, 1948</u></b><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The new airport is ready, but two radio towers operated by the Soviets get in the way of landings.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> French engineers destroy the transmitting towers for a communist-run radio station near Tegel.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> The operation of the new airport began.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/">www.eaglesoverberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6449029744020079856.post-9959820321875172912012-12-21T11:03:00.003-08:002012-12-21T11:03:48.707-08:00<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u><b>December 11, 1957</b></u><b><o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Restriction on travel implemented : <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Leaving East Germany without permission would result in a prison sentence of up to three years.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> Kati Fabian - <a href="http://www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm">www.eaglesoverberlin.com/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> </div> Kati Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847446464244705930noreply@blogger.com0