Berlin, Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: An American gets his monthly ration of five gallons at the one service station in Berlin still serving privately owned vehicles. The image is one of a series of 9 shot ...

Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: Three months in, the meat department at the Berlin commissary in West Berlin’s American Sector still offers the same variety as it did before the Berlin Blockade.

Seventy years ago, in May, 1949, much to the relief of many in the world, the Soviets ended their 327-day blockade of West Berlin, located about 110 miles into Soviet-controlled East Germany. Ending ...