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 ...

The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War tension until it was torn down in November 1989. The speech President Kennedy gave in Berlin is often called the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech.

Authorities in Germany's capital Berlin have banned local performers from wearing US army uniforms at Checkpoint Charlie, the iconic Cold War crossing ... by the Berlin Wall from 1961-89.

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 ...

While this era wasn’t marked much by the military ... and it later became a nickname for the Berlin Wall. Ultimately, the Cold War came down to which form of government both nations believed ...

Gary Powers Jr. explains the workings of an early-era U-2 spy plane pressure suit ... Pieces of the Berlin Wall, Cold War Museum, December 29, 2024. The iconic aircraft began spying over Russia ...

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall ... joyous and optimistic reactions to the end of the Cold War era. What exists today forms the world's largest ...

Some of his audience grew up in communist East Germany behind the Berlin Wall. During the Cold War, Germany's dogged negotiation and engagement with Moscow contributed to the fall of the Berlin ...