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Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

Historical image related to Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. from June 22, 1990

Cold War

1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the…
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Checkpoint Charlie

Well-known crossing point in the Berlin Wall; now a museum

Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West.
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