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5 days ago · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. The system of walls, electrified fences, and fortifications extended 28 miles through Berlin and extended a further 75 miles around West Berlin.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · May 26, 2024. For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall stood as a grim symbol of the Cold War divide between East and West. Constructed virtually overnight in August 1961, this concrete barrier split Germany‘s capital in two, separating families and trapping East Germans under strict communist rule. But on the evening of November 9, 1989 ...
12 hours ago · 01. The Berlin Airlift began on June 24, 1948, and lasted until May 12, 1949. It was a response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. 02. The operation was officially named "Operation Vittles" by the United States. The British called their part "Operation Plainfare." 03.
1 day ago · Berlin is the capital and chief urban center of Germany. Berlin was the capital of Prussia and then, from 1871, of a unified Germany. Though partitioned into East and West Berlin after World War II, the reunification of East and West Germany led to Berlin’s reinstatement as the all-German capital in 1990.
2 days ago · On 13 August 1961, East Germany began building the Berlin Wall around West Berlin to slow the flood of refugees to a trickle, effectively cutting the city in half and making West Berlin an enclave of the Western world in communist territory. The Wall became the symbol of the Cold War and the division of Europe.
4 days ago · Hilton and the German National Tourist Board. Here are 5 must-visit UNESCO sites in Berlin that include parks, forests, art, architecture and culture, plus ideas for hotels to stay in nearby.
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5 days ago · Due to its geographical location, allowing for the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin, most transit traffic to and from West Berlin used the Helmstedt-Marienborn crossing. Most travel routes from West Germany to East Germany and Poland also used this crossing.
