Nuclear armament of the U.S. and the USSR in the 1940s; establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; the Space Race; the Cuban Missile Crisis; glasnost and perestroika in the USSR; the fall of the ...

The Berlin Wall After World War Two ... Missile Crisis was probably the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War. The decisions taken by either side could have led to disaster.

the Soviet authorities in East Germany sealed off East Berlin – their zone of occupation - by constructing a huge barbed wire barrier. This was soon replaced by a concrete wall, complete with ...

Planning to cross the Inner German Border during the Cold War in a gigantic hot-air ... but were hindered by the Berlin Wall. Balloon tells the story of two friends, an electrician and bricklayer ...

the Ukrainian president said, referring to the division of Berlin during the Cold War. The 96-mile-long Berlin Wall, which cut through the center of the city from 1961 to 1989, was designed to ...

Tales from the Cold War is one man’s memoir about his service ... In his memoir, Mahler reflects on the lessons from the senior leaders of World War II, the building of the Berlin Wall, and the unique ...