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1. Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
Description: WEBThe Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).
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2. Berlin Wall | Definition, Length, & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berlin-Wall
Description: WEBApr 11, 2024 · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. The system of walls, electrified fences, and fortifications extended 28 miles through Berlin and extended a further 75 miles around West Berlin.
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3. Berlin Wall | HISTORY , Dates & The Fall | HISTORY
Link: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
Description: WEBDec 15, 2009 · The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night,...
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4. Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell - National Geographic
Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/why-berlin-wall-built-fell
Description: WEBNovember 08, 2019. • 6 min read. For nearly 30 years, Berlin was divided not just by ideology, but by a concrete barrier that snaked through the city, serving as an ugly symbol of the Cold War....
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5. Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - BBC
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50013048
Description: WEBIt was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. East...
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6. Fall of the Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
Description: WEBThe fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain.
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7. What Was The Berlin Wall And How Did It Fall? - The Cold War | IWM
Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin-wall-and-how-did-it-fall
Description: WEBAn East German observation tower seen through 23 January 1990. The Berlin Wall was not one wall, but two. Measuring 155 kilometres (96 miles) long and four metres (13 feet) tall, these walls were separated by a heavily guarded, mined corridor of …
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8. The Berlin Wall | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
Link: https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/en/topics/berlin-wall
Description: WEBNov 9, 1989 · The 155-kilometer-long Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center, surrounded West Berlin from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin.
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9. All About the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall - ThoughtCo
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-berlin-wall-28-year-history-1779495
Description: WEBJan 30, 2020 · Jennifer Rosenberg. Updated on January 30, 2020. Erected in the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall (known as Berliner Mauer in German) was a physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. Its purpose was to keep disaffected East Germans from fleeing to the West.
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10. Berlin Wall Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/facts/Berlin-Wall
Description: WEBBerlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. The system of walls, electrified fences, and fortifications extended 28 miles through Berlin and extended a further 75 miles around West Berlin.
