Wernher von Braun

by | Feb 28, 2013

German-American V2 and Saturn V Rocket Scientist GROWING UP IN GERMANY “The Seer of Space” Today Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) is little known in the US, but in the 1950s and ’60s he was a household name — known to virtually every American as the famous German rocket...

The Berlin Airlift

by | Feb 25, 2013

Die Luftbrücke 1948-1949 The Berlin Blockade & Airlift It was the Cuban missile crisis of its day. The building of the Berlin Wall may be more famous, but few Berlin events brought about as much world tension as the Berlin Blockade of 1948-1949. The Allied reponse...