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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (German: Berlin-Krise) was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold War concerning the status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin Crisis of 1961 "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963) ... The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, ...
Hundreds of thousands of East Germans defected to the West via West Berlin, a labour drain that threatened East Germany with economic collapse. [5] In 1961, the East German government under Walter Ulbricht erected a barbed-wire barrier around West Berlin, officially called the antifaschistischer Schutzwall (anti-fascist protective barrier). The ...
The Berlin Brigade was a US Army brigade-sized garrison based in West Berlin during the Cold ... During the Berlin Wall Crisis of 1961, ... and 3rd Battle Groups, ...
Footage of Berlin (1961) The Soviet victors of the Battle of Berlin immediately occupied all of Berlin. They handed the American, British and French sectors (later known as West Berlin) to the American and British Forces in July 1945: the French occupied their sector later. Berlin remained divided until reunification in 1990.
The Berlin Wall was erected with great speed by the East German government in 1961, but there were initially many means of escape that had not been anticipated. For example, Checkpoint Charlie was initially blocked only by a gate, and a citizen of the GDR (East Germany) smashed a car through it to escape, so a strong pole was erected. Another ...
In Berlin alone, 184 km (114 mi) of wall, 154 km (96 mi) border fence, 144 km (89 mi) signal systems and 87 km (54 mi) barrier ditches were removed. What remained were six sections that were to be preserved as a memorial. Various military units dismantled the Berlin/Brandenburg border wall, completing the job in November 1991.
20 December 1959 – 3 May 1961 MG Albert Watson II: 4 May 1961 – 2 January 1963 MG James H. Polk: 2 January 1963 – 31 August 1964 MG John F. Franklin, Jr. 1 September 1964 – 3 June 1967 MG Robert G. Fergusson: 3 June 1967 – 28 February 1970 MG George M. Seignious: 28 February 1970 – 12 May 1971 MG William W. Cobb: 12 May 1971 – 10 ...