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West Berlin ( German: Berlin (West) or West-Berlin, German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn] ⓘ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1990, the territory was ...
Berlin blockade. Ernst Reuter (born July 29, 1889, Apenrade, Ger.—died Sept. 30, 1953, West Berlin, W.Ger.) was a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. While mayor of post-World War II West Berlin, his leadership helped that city survive the Soviet blockade. Reuter joined the Social Democratic Party in 1912.
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The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies ' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the ...
- 24 June 1948-12 May 1949 (323 days)
- West Berlin, Germany
Learn how West Berlin became a special political entity surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989. Discover how the Allies, the Wall, and the student movement shaped the culture, lifestyle, and identity of West Berlin.
West Berlin was the name of the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It was the American, British, and French occupied sectors that were created in 1945. In many ways it was integrated (joined) with West Germany, but it was not a part of West Germany or East Germany. The Soviet sector became East Berlin, which East Germany claimed as ...
Dec 15, 2009 · Learn about the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War that divided West and East Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Explore the history, dates, events and stories of the wall and its fall.
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1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing, attack carried out on April 5, 1986, in West Berlin, in which Libyan agents detonated a bomb at the La Belle discotheque, a nightclub frequented by U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany during the Cold War. The bomb, packed with plastic explosives and shrapnel, killed two American soldiers and a Turkish woman ...
