The American, British and French sectors formed West Germany in 1949, while the Soviet sector was East Germany. Berlin was also split four ways even though it was in the Soviet zone, with the famous ...

Did you know Central New York holds pieces of the Berlin Wall? Discover where these Cold War relics are hidden and their ...

BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- East German Communist police today hurled tear gas into crowds of jeering West Berliners protesting the closing of the border between East and West Berlin.

PETALING JAYA: It has been over 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell, uniting the east and west of the city. While the people are now living together after the Peaceful Revolution, is it true that ...

Berlin, Germany – 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 geopolitical turmoil, cleft in two physically and ...

The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of 1989. For 28 years, it stood as a symbol of both the division of Europe and the hardline regime of Erich Honecker. Although no ...

When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, no one believed it would ultimately lead to its fall.

On 13 August 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed ...

with the famous Berlin Wall signifying the divide. Over the second half of the 20th century, East and West Germany reflected the Cold War ideologies of Russia and the US. West Germany was a ...