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Berlin crisis of 1961, Cold War conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States concerning the status of the divided German city of Berlin. It culminated in the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 and the solidifying of Soviet and NATO spheres of influence in Europe.
Jan 6, 2022 · After The Berlin Wall. Europe has seen deeper integration in the three-plus decades since the end of the Cold War, but has also struggled with new threats to its institutions, security, and core ...
Nov 9, 2022 · At the border, East Berliners take day trips to West Berlin after the new travel regulations came into force, 10 November 1989. Image Credit: CC / Das Bundesarchiv. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a symbol of the beginning of the end for the Soviet Bloc, Union and Cold War. For 27 years the Berlin Wall had physically and ideologically cleaved ...
The Berlin Airlift. By 1961, Berlin had long been a symbol of freedom and resistance to Communist expansionism during the Cold War. The conflict began in late June 1948, when the Soviet Union cut off all land communications to West Berlin. Within days, all supplies to the city, including electricity, were cut off.
Nov 9, 2009 · Nikita Khrushchev. Updated: March 29, 2019 | Original: November 9, 2009. Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964 ...
Nov 9, 2018 · On this day in 1989, President George H.W. Bush hailed the fall of the 28-year-old Berlin Wall, which permitted East Germans, who had been under communist rule since the end of World War II ...
Thousands of East Berliners entered West Berlin, celebrating their newfound freedom and opportunity. Some began to chip away at the wall, an activity that would continue for some months until the wall was formally demolished. Though East and West Germany were formally reunified on October 3, 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall served as a symbol ...
