Berlin:
The Centre of the Cold War
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Berlin: The Cold War Frontline
Before the Cold War
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Beginnings: The Blockade
The Crisis
The Wall
Ostpolitik
Endings: The Fall
Berlin: A Cold War Timeline
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Berlin: The Cold War Frontline
Before the Cold War
Divided
Beginnings: The Blockade
The Crisis
The Wall
Ostpolitik
Endings: The Fall
Berlin: A Cold War Timeline
Summary
Further Reading
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Timeline of Cold War Events Centring in Berlin
Yalta Conference (4-11 February, 1945)
World War Two ends (September 2, 1945)
Potsdam Conference (July 17- August 2, 1945)
Berlin is divided into four occupation zones
Deutsch- Mark is introduced in West Germany- sparks blockade (June 20 1948)
Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948- 12 May 1949)
Berlin Airlift (26 June 1948- 12 May 1949)
Brain Drain and Mass immigration (1950s-1961)
Berlin Crisis (1958-1961)
Berlin Wall is constructed at the climax of the Berlin Crisis (August 13, 1961)
Ostpolitik
Berlin Wall is opened (9 November 1989)
Germany is reunified (1990)
The Soviet Union Collapses (1991)
Timeline of Events centring around the Berlin Wall: the most popular symbol of the Cold War