Vividly describing the conflict between the two superpowers-the U.S. and the Soviet Union-as it played out in Berlin, this book highlights the dramatic events that occurred in the divided city that was the frontier town, the spy post, and the battlefield. It was a time in Berlin that touched the whole world: the blockade, the airlift, the uprising of June 1953, the construction of the Wall, and the fall of the Iron Curtain. Stories of escape and espionage are included in this concise but detailed book which describes key points from 1945 up through the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Berlin in the Cold War: The Battle for the Divided City; the Rise and the Fall of the Wall.

History

Flemming, Thomas

Europe

Berlinica Publishing LLC

Die Berliner Mauer: Grenze durch eine Stadt. The Berlin Wall: Border Through a City. This German-language volume tells the history of the Berlin Wall, illustrated with b&w photos. Back endpapers feature a map of the entire course of the wall.

Die Berliner Mauer.

Koch, Hagen

World

Bebra Verlag

It was Sunday 13th August, 1961. At 1.11 a.m. the East Berlin radio service interrupted their "Night-time Melodies" for a special announcement: "The governments of the States of the Warsaw Pact appeal to the parliament and government of the GDR and suggest that they ensure that the subversion against the countries of the Socialist Bloc is effectively barred and that a reliable guard is set up around the whole area of West Berlin." This pretentious declaration could only mean one thing: the sector border was to be closed and West Berlin sealed off. Using a wealth of fascinating photographs and documents, this book tells the full story of the Berlin Wall; from the first barbed wire barriers in August 1961 to the 3.6 metre "Fourth Generation Wall" and the electronic "High-Tech-Border" planned for the future. It describes the feelings and reactions of the people of East and West Berlin from the day the Wall went up until the events of 9th November 1989, which led to the collapse of what had been the most closely-guarded border in the world.

The Berlin Wall: Division of a City

Koch, Elke

El muro di Berlín: La frontera a traves de una ciudad

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