The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948 ... It provoked genuine fears of war in the West. And instead of preventing the establishment of an independent ...

One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War involved nothing but shovels ... Eventually, three million Germans fled to the West, mainly through Berlin. On August 12, 1961, East Germany strung ...

During the Cold War, the threat of nuclear Armageddon was ... In response, Stalin blocked all land borders into West Berlin. This stopped food, medicine and supplies being transported into western ...

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of ...

Authorities in Germany's capital Berlin have banned local performers from wearing US army uniforms at Checkpoint Charlie, the iconic Cold War crossing between the east and west of the city.

November 9, 1989 sitting watching TV as the Berlin Wall was breached and destroyed under cover of night. I was glued to the ...

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift this documentary looks back on an uneasy time in world history This first battle of the cold war ... post World War II control of West Berlin ...

and some three million East Germans crossed into West Berlin when the wall fell on Nov. 9. The ruptures of 1989 hastened the end of the Cold War, opening the way for a new era of globalization.

Attractions are spread out along the old political boundaries of east and west Berlin ... perhaps the most commercial evidence of Berlin's post-Cold War development. Here you'll find the Sony ...

Set in a provincial village far from Berlin, Tannbach offers a novel perspective on the Cold War. The show’s real-life historical model is the town of Mödlareuth on the border of Bavaria and Thuringia ...