Event

Berlin Crisis of 1961

27 Oct 1961 · 52.52° N, 13.38° E

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When
27 Oct 1961
Kind
Event
Coordinates
52.52° N, 13.38° E
Description
Berlin Crisis: Confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie – A standoff between Soviet and American tanks in Berlin, Germany, heightens Cold War tensions.

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Berlin Crisis of 1961

Cold War incident in divided Berlin

The Berlin Crisis of 1961 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 by the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.

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