Category: Berlin

Europe 1848

March Revolutions

The success of the French and Italian...

Europe 1850

Humiliation of Olmütz

The Erfurt Union did not last long. In autumn...

Europe 1878

Aftermath of the Great Eastern Crisis

The Russian victory over Turkey alarmed the...

Europe 1884

Scramble for Africa

In 1881 France alarmed Italy by seizing...

Europe 1919

January Revolt in Germany

Following the 1918 armistice with Germany,...

Northern Eurasia 1945

Battle of Berlin

In April, the Soviets surrounded and attacked...

Europe 1945

Fall of Berlin

By now it was all over for Nazi Germany. With...

the Arctic 1945

German Surrender

While the Germans were withdrawing from...

Europe 1945

German Surrender

The unconditional surrender of Germany on May...

Europe 1945

Division of Germany

With the Nazis defeated, the four Allied...

Southern Asia 1945

Reconquest of Burma

In March and April 1945 the British advanced...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1945

End of World War II

The surrender of Germany and Japan in May and...

South America 1948

Rio Pact

Following the end of World War II, suspicion...

Northern Eurasia 1948

Berlin Blockade

As a result of the War, Germany had been...

Europe 1948

Berlin Airlift

From 1947, the Western Allies began to...