The Berlin Wall, built by the German Democratic Republic, was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Beginning from 13 August 1961, the wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989. For the next 28 years, the heavily fortified Berlin Wall stood as the most tangible symbol of the Cold War – an ‘iron curtain’ dividing Europe. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992.

Click here to share it on Facebook: https://goo.gl/HlFXaP
Click here to share it on Twitter: https://goo.gl/cZwUOd
Click here to share it on Google Plus: https://goo.gl/L0OcCA

As World War II ended in 1945, a pair of Allied peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam determined the fate of Germany’s territories. With the splitting of the defeated nation into four “allied occupation zones”, the eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain, and France. Even though Berlin was located entirely within the Soviet part of the country, the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into similar sectors. The Soviets took the eastern half, while the Allies took the western. This four-way occupation of Berlin began in June 1945.