Can you give me some useful facts about Cold War Berlin?

Question

I am doing a project about occupied Berlin (1945 -1990) and therefore on a fact finding mission to gather as much information as possible. If you can offer some assistance, I would be grateful.

Answer 1

The cold war really started after 1945 but the first serious event was when the Russians tried to block western access to West Berlin through East Germany and the only link with the outside world was by air through a narrow flight path. That was in1947.
Berlin was divided into four zones for the Russians , British , American and French. Access to the Russian zone was always difficult.
When the East German government took over responsibility for East Berlin the situation remained the same but many East Germans found ways to escape to the West for a better life.
To stop this the East Germans Built the Berlin Wall in 1967 which cut off all access except for one tightly controlled point called Checkpoint Charlie.
Many east germans died trying to cross the wall.
The Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989.
During the Cold War tunnels were built under the wall to get people out and also to tap into the East German communications for the purpose of espionage.

Answer 2

Berlin Wall:
http://www.itvs.org/afterthefall/berlin_before.html
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/east_berlin.htm
Berlin Airlift:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/docs.php
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org/airlift.html
West Berlin - Cold War:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/The+Cold+War+in+Berlin.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin

Answer 3

wasn't this when the verlin war went up? it was actually usa and russia that was havin the cold war and were in disagreement as to how germany should be ran i think it was somethin like that gd look any way why not search on the net u will probaly find some really useful websites

Answer 4

Stalin sponsored down,and desperate to come to a decision on yet another area to push on the West,and how see how keen the U. S. became keen to stand up to tried Communist expansion someplace else. The region he chosen became Korea.

Answer 5

Read Armageddon by Leon Uris

Answer 6

checkpoint charley, is the security stand from the us zone into the russian zone, this was the most reported on to the world just right after the war.