Berlin

President, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the wall that separates East and West Berlin. President Regan, on his second visit to Berlin, takes the opportunity to provide his views on the city, Europe in general and the ongoing ideological differences between the east and west. President Regan opens to thunderous applause as he acknowledges some common truths that ring true to all mankind. He first acknowledges Berlin as a strong, resilient city that is not being deterred from greatness by a…

Great Britain took the Western half; they were considered the victors of World War II. Berlin being in the center of the Soviet Union’s territory was also split. Instead of two sides, it was split in to four sections. One side was for each victor to oversee and rebuild, since it was basically destroyed during the war. Because of this, the four countries started the Allied Control Council that was established in Berlin. The council met to determine several plans for post-War Europe, including how…

The crises in Berlin were not purely the result of Soviet Russian foreign policy after World War II. Whilst it is true to some extent that the Soviet Foreign Policy had some influence in the Berlin Crises, there were so many other factors and circumstances that caused the crises to occur. The United States Foreign Policies, conflict in ideology and complex history between the USSR and the United States all had a role in causing the Berlin Crises. The Soviet Union’s foreign policy was mostly…

of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union’s Red Army, located 40 miles outside of Berlin, Germany, have vowed to subdue any territory they have obtained following the coda of the Second World War, producing communist control in said territories. As the Soviets located in Berlin march closer to the American Army, I, Dwight Eisenhower, must carefully scrutinize my plans regarding a possible attack upon the Soviets in Berlin, and how this may…

The Candy Bomber The Berlin Airlift is remembered as a Symbol of American resolve…(Tine 39) General Lucius D. Clay said, “There is no practicability in maintaining our position in Berlin and it must not be evaluated on that basis… We are convinced that our remaining in Berlin is essential to our prestige in Germany and in Europe. Whether for good or bad, it has become a symbol of American intent.” In Post-World War II Berlin, Germany’s capital, was divided into four sections. Those sections…

In the book “The Berlin Boxing Club” by Robert Sharenow there is a boy named Karl, he is a Jew that lives in Nazi era Berlin. He gets bullied for being a Jew. Karl doesn’t own up to his heritage. In the book Max Schmeling helps Karl out a lot. Nobody knew Karl was a Jew. He doesn’t look like one but the guys that bully him found out somehow. In this book there is a lot of action that makes you want to keep reading. In the book a lot of stuff happened but 3 of the main points was Karl taking…

wire, of the to be Berlin Wall, from East Germany to West Germany, during the Cold War. During this time the Soviet Union had control over East Berlin, and West Berlin was under the control of America, Britain and France. The people of the East were very unhappy about the lack of political and economical freedom. The USSR had industrialised and militarised East Germany, causing many people to fear the Stasi; the most pervasive secret police agencies. On the other hand, West Berlin had the…

It was 1967 when they became sweethearts, during the darkest times in Berlin. The East- West differences between Berlin hardened into a “Cold War,” so did the division of the city into East and West Berlin (Taylor). The German Democratic Republic had built “The Berlin Wall”. They believed that the West Berlin was threatening their way of life since Easterners were immigrating to the West because their jobs paid better or the people were defecting from communist rule (CNN). West Germany was not…

city of Berlin was also divided into East Berlin and West Berlin by a wall called “The Berlin Wall”. When President John F. Kennedy arrived in West Berlin, he make a speech offers hope to the city’s residents, who were enclosed by communist East Germany. “There are people that don’t distinguish the difference between a free world and the communist word” –Kennedy, so he was honored to be at West Berlin because it represents the fighting of freedom. b.…

The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity, celebrated on 3 October . The East German regime started to falter in May 1989, when the removal of Hungary's border fence opened a hole in the…