Berlin wall

  • red army captures Berlin

    the city is divided into the soviet sector in the east and i the west was the U.S, British, and French sector.
  • Currency reformed in Berlin

    Berlin is divided into two different currency zones.
  • Germany divided

    In July 1946 Germany was formally divided between the allies.
  • special passport and permission required

    special passport and permission were required to travel between east and west Berlin by fall of 1946
  • Berlin blockade begins

    soviet disallowed supplies and good from entering west berlin
  • United States begins Berlin airlifts

    It keeps Berlin provided with food and fuel.
  • North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)

    United States, Canada, and the western European countries sign the north Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) in Washington.
  • Border closes

    Border between wast and west Germany and between east Germany and west Berlin.
  • east german borders were closed

    east German borders were closed not allowing west through in 1952.
  • Building workers in east Berlin riot

    Building workers in east Berlin riot over working conditions. Red army steps in to stop the riot.
  • Berlin wall created

    the Berlin wall was created to prevent east Berlin from escaping to the west. The wall became a symbol of the division of Europe.
  • Second wall being built

    Second wall is being built to stop escape.
  • John F Kennedy visits the wall

    He declares himself as a Berliner and vows to protect the people of West Berlin.
  • the third generation wall was eradicated

    a heavier, larger and less penetrable wall was eradicated in 1965.
  • Ronald Regan

    He urges the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear the wall down.
  • Hungarian govt. opens it's border with Austria

    Thousands of people from east Germany leave and make there way to West Germany.
  • Thousands of east Germans go to the border demanding to be let through

    The guards stood back and thousands went over the wall to West Berlin.
  • west Berlin access was opened

    east and west Berliners began to dismantle the wall.
  • brandenburg gate opened

    Brandenburg gate closed and was formally opened in December 1989.
  • Germany reunified

    there was no more east and west Germany because they were reunified.