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the wall divides berlin: 1961-1989 August 13, 1961: The border between East and West Berlin is closed and a long-planned Soviet operation to divide the city swings into action.
BERLIN — A glance at events leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and Germany’s subsequent reunification.Jan. 19, 1989: ...
The wall would eventually grow to be a 96-mile barrier encircling West Berlin. Aug. 15 Conrad Schumann , a 19-year-old East German border guard, was the first person photographed escaping to West ...
You can trace that tale through our timeline of the Berlin Wall’s history or, below, read how the wall went down in the words of those who were watching it happen:. Aug. 25, 1961: Berlin: The Wall ...
Timeline: Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall went up to stop East Germans escaping . Building work on the Berlin Wall began on 13 August 1961.
The wall, which encircles West Berlin, is heavily guarded. More than 200 people die trying to cross the wall in the years that follow. June 1963: President John F. Kennedy visits and vows to ...
The Berlin Wall was breached on November 9, 1989. ... Timeline - The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. By Reuters. August 10, 2011 12:07 PM UTC Updated ago (Reuters ...
The fall of the Berlin Wall was merely the highlight of a year of extraordinary political drama. Here are some key moments, described largely through headlines on The Independent’s reports. (The ...
BERLIN (AP) — A glance at events leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and Germany's subsequent reunification. Jan. 19, 1989: East German leader Erich Honecker says the Berlin ...
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For more than 28 years, the barrier completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin, until it was opened in 1989.
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The Berlin Wall was breached on November 9, 1989. ... The Berlin Wall was breached on November 9, 1989. Here are some key dates in the history of the Wall. Skip to main content.