Checkpoint Charlie
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Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing th
A view of Checkpoint Charlie in 1963, from the American sector
Sign at Checkpoint Charlie on the way into West Berlin, as it appeared in 1981
Soviet Zone from Checkpoint Charlie observation post, 1982
US M48 Patton tanks facing Soviet T-55 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie in October 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
Checkpoint Charlie
…Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of…
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 construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961
US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on 26 June 1963