The history of the Berlin Wall from its construction in 1961 to its fall in 1989. A powerful symbol of the Cold War.

UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa Berlin Wall is built, dividing East and West Germany American-backed Cuban exiles fail in an attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs ...

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...

For 28 years a 155km-long concrete wall snaked through the centre of Berlin, separating the Soviet-backed East from the capitalist West. Built in 1961 to stop residents from fleeing communist ...

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice ... 1948, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1968. During his famous speech Kennedy declared ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ (a ...