Berlin

Ronald Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate was delivered during a transformative time for both Soviet leadership and the American approach to foreign relations. Reagan’s initial presidential stance advocated for a firm, forceful presence meant to deter Soviet advances and aggression against American freedom. Weapons upsurge and military expenditure rose drastically during Reagan’s early years, in efforts to protect Americans in the event of a nuclear altercation with the Soviets. However,…

separated. Gerta Lowe was an average girl with blonde hair and an average family living on the East side. However, one night is where it all changes. On the night of August 13, 1961 a wall was built dividing Berlin East and West Berlin. Gerta’s Dad and her brother Dominic set off on a trip to west berlin to try to find an apartment they could live in and a job for Gerta’s dad. They would be back in two days at least that’s what they thought. The wall was put up while her dad and brother Dominic…

Several people tend not to know what the Rome-Berlin Axis is. What is the Rome-Berlin Axis? The Rome-Berlin Axis is coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. You could also refer to this as an alliance between Germany and Italy. This agreement was made, after both Germany and Italy left the League of Nations. It was an agreement made by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano, that Adolf Hitler agreed to and signed in 1936. Due to the Rome-Berlin Axis many other pacts were created…

Almost 30 years ago one of the most powerful speeches towards the progression of freedom was given. It took place in west Berlin when former president Ronald Reagan made his famous “Tear Down This Wall” speech. The speech, though not hostile, was a speech directed towards the leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan wanted freedom and good to prosper in a country in which it was not allowed. Thus the message of his speech was that even in the worst of situations freedom and equality…

World. The flatteners are ten major political, innovations and companies that contributed to flattening the world. The first took place on November 9th, 1989, it is described as “When the walls came down and the windows came up.” The collapse of the Berlin Wall, symbolized the end of the Cold War. The wall was the barrier between people and then when it was down, the people on the other side were able to join mainstream people. This day is better known as the day communism fell. This had a…

formed countries of East and West Germany were struggling to create new national identities in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the National Socialist German Workers party and the war. A parallel of the country as a whole, the capital city of Berlin was also split into an East and a West portion controlled by the Soviet Union and the Allies respectively. The close proximity of the East and the West in the same city—a political, economic, and cultural center—allows historians to look…

The Berlin Airlift was a very important point in history. People were still shaken up from World War II and many countries, especially Germany, were hit hard. Even though the Soviets believed that they had control over the destiny of West Berlin, the Berlin Airlift was an example of the determination of western nations to not give in to the threats of communism and oppression. Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the…

many political, economic, and social factors. The Berlin Wall started as a barbed wire fence and grew into a 12 foot high concrete wall. Wall became a symbol of communist tyranny. For 4 weeks people came to the Berlin wall with Sledge hammers and chipped off pieces as souvenirs. The first section of the Berlin Wall was removed on the 12th of June. The wall was officially dismantled on the 13th. The Soviet system was in crisis. “The fall of the Berlin Wall foreshadowed the demise of the…

dollars to build it’s this military. This also pushed Russia to it’s debt. Now to start the end of the cold war is to begin with the Berlin wall. The Berlin wall was a concrete wall dividing all of the city of Berlin. This was to keep Germans from escaping from the western part of Berlin. The Wall was thrown together on August, 13 1961. The people of Germany and Berlin did not like this new structure so one night…

“By April 25, Berlin is completely surrounded by the Russian Army.” Brenda Stalcup stated in the book, Adolf Hitler (193). Hitler believed that since the Jews won World War 1, He thought they were an enemy for all of the Germans everywhere. “Believing he had witnessed ‘the most inhumane cruelty’ of the Versatile Treaty, the floodgates of his long-suppressed, convoluted, and delusional inner world opened. In an outburst of rage over Germany’s defeat, Hitler brought to the surface his latent…