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      • Germany’s division after the war put Berlin entirely within the territory of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany). The city itself echoed the national partition— East Berlin being the capital of East Germany and West Berlin a Land (state) of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany).
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    2 days ago · Berlin is situated about 112 miles (180 km) south of the Baltic Sea, 118 miles (190 km) north of the Czech-German border, 110 miles (177 km) east of the former inner-German border, and 55 miles (89 km) west of Poland. It lies in the wide glacial valley of the Spree River, which runs through the centre of the city.

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  4. www.britannica.com › place › GermanyGermany | Facts, Geography, Maps, & History | Britannica

    2 days ago · Germany. One of Europe ’s largest countries, Germany encompasses a wide variety of landscapes: the tall, sheer mountains of the south; the sandy, rolling plains of the north; the forested hills of the urbanized west; and the plains of the agricultural east. At the spiritual heart of the country is the magnificent east-central city of Berlin ...

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    2 days ago · Germany. /  52.517°N 13.383°E  / 52.517; 13.383. Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in the western region of Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia [g] and the most populous member state of the European Union.

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  8. www.historytools.org › stories › the-fall-of-theThe Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Triumph of People Power

    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 ...

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    5 days ago · The Berlin TV Tower was a symbol of East Germany. Located in Alexanderplatz, the Berlin TV Tower, also known as the Berliner Fernsehturm, was constructed by the German Democratic Republic as a symbol of the country’s socialist achievements. Today, it serves as a popular tourist attraction.

  10. time.com › 6980488 › american-humanitarian-aid-historyThe Berlin Airlift’s Lesson for Today’s Humanitarian Crises

    5 days ago · Representatives from the U.S., USSR, and Great Britain agreed on the boundaries of four zones of occupation, with the U.S. and Britain ceding territory for a French Zone. The German capital,...