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Berlin Crisis of 1961
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War concerning the status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The cr
U.S. M48 tanks face Soviet T-54 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, October 1961.
U.S. M48 tanks face Soviet T-54 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, October 1961.
President John F. Kennedy meets with Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna 1961
President John F. Kennedy meets with Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna 1961
East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall in 1961
East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall in 1961
East German water cannons near the Brandenburg Gate spray high-pressure water at West Berliners protesting the division of their city, 14 August 1961
East German water cannons near the Brandenburg Gate spray high-pressure water at West Berliners protesting the division of their city, 14 August 1961
Berlin Wall
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The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic. Construction of the Berlin Wall was comm
Berlin Crisis of 1961
…German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition by the East German erection of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Crisis of 1961 was the second attempt by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to change the status of Berlin by demanding the withdrawal of all…
From the West Berlin side, Berlin Wall graffiti art in 1986. The wall's "death strip", on the east side of the Wall, here follows the curve of the Lui
From the West Berlin side, Berlin Wall graffiti art in 1986. The wall's "death strip", on the east side of the Wall, here follows the curve of the Luisenstadt Canal (filled in 1932).
East German Combat Groups of the Working Class close the border on 13 August 1961 in preparation for the Berlin Wall construction
East German Combat Groups of the Working Class close the border on 13 August 1961 in preparation for the Berlin Wall construction
US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on 26 June 1963
US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on 26 June 1963