The Berlin War

Berlin Blockade and airlift

1948

The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.

West and East Berlin is closed

1952

The only way to the other side is through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Berlin wall is built

Aug 13, 1961

(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built)

Cuban Missile Crisis

1962

[During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S.] shoreshttps://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis)

Reagan "Tear down this wall"

Jun 12, 1987

On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.

Berlin War is Torn Down

Nov 9, 1989

The story of the Berlin Wall is one of division and repression, but also of the yearning for freedom