On October 27, 1961, combat-ready American and Soviet tanks faced off in Berlin at the U.S. Army\'s Checkpoint Charlie. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union over access to the ...

Germany is marking the 60th anniversary of the start of construction on the Berlin Wall, which split the nation into two rival political systems and became a symbol of the Cold War that stood for 28 ...

The sun was high and the air was warm and moist at 8:30 a.m. when I got out of the 1950s black Mercedes diesel cab I had taken to Berlin”s monumental Brandenburg Gate. The day was Aug. 13, 1961, a ...

West German citizens sit on the top of the Berlin wall near the Allied checkpoint Charlie after the opening of the East German border was announced in this Nov. 9, 1989, file photo. Reuters The Berlin ...

The Berlin Wall has now been dismantled for as long as it stood - 28 years, two months and 26 days, or 10,316 days in total. From 1961 to 1989, the city of Berlin was divided by the most visible sign ...

The winds of cold-war crisis for 1961 were converging on Berlin. Russia’s Nikita Khrushchev had made it plain that he intends to provoke that crisis. In his Vienna confrontation with Khrushchev, ...

In 1961, a crisis brewed over the future of Berlin, which was marooned in the middle of Soviet-aligned East Germany and divided between Eastern and Western interests. To stem migration from east to ...

Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The Berlin Wall divided Germany – and Europe - for nearly 30 years. Like other walls ...

This monthly Harlequin paperback offering will be off the shelf in a couple of weeks. Chances are no one will really miss it when it’s gone. Those who have read others in the Donovan family series may ...

The book is divided into 3 parts: Part II: "The Gathering Storm" - After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Kennedy's political clout and respect among world leaders is at a low point, to say the least.

RFE/RL archival photos of the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. 1 East German troops were prominently deployed following the division of East and West Berlin on August 13, 1961. - The ...

On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up to find their city divided by a wall. On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up on a Sunday morning to find their city divided by a wall. That day became known as ...