Checkpoint Charlie: Cold War

CheckPoint Charlie was the crossing-point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. It was build as a result of the soviets erecting a great wall between East and West Berlin, on command of Walter Ulbricht, a GDR leader. CheckPoint Charlie was located at the intersection of Friedrichstraße, Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße. It was the single crossing-point by foot or by car for foreigners and members of the allied forces. It was built in 1961 just like the Berlin Wall. The name Charlie came from the letter C in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, in which each letter represents a name, which is then given to a specific operation. After the Berlin Wall was built, a crisis between the Soviets and U.S. arose. On october 22, 10 American tanks