Because Berlin was a divided city, between East and West, there was potential for diplomatic problems. Read about President Eisenhower's failed attempts to negotiate with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and the negotiations between President...

While condemning the wall in public, U.S. officials saw "long term advantage" if potential refugees stayed in East Germany. Three days before the wall went up, the CIA expected that East Germany would take "harsher measures" to solve the...

Review the events of 1989 through 1990 that involved both East and West Germany to tear down the Berlin Wall and become unified as one nation.

The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...

Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. This wall kept people from freely leaving East Berlin.

Excellent online resource that through the use of primary sources and scholar interviews, focuses on the historical events of 1989 that deal with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Great teacher resource with lesson plans...

Read about the surprising and swift collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries beginning with Poland in 1989. Watch a map which shows the change from a single country, USSR, into many independent countries, and find out...

Under President Reagan, the Cold War began to thaw and trouble brewed in the Middle East. Learn about Reagan's foreign policy initiatives by perusing this summary, reading an excerpt from his "Evil Empire" speech, answering thought...

In Spanish. Use this site to learn about the two sides to the Berlin Wall story.

Article explores the division of Germany and Berlin into two zones, East and West, and delves into President Kennedy's relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered an explosive speech...

Germany was divided in two by the Berlin Wall, built in 1961. Understand the environment between the two sides and what led to unification in 1990.

The German Times is an online news resource that gathers the top headlines for and about Germany. Content is supplied from a variety of well renowned sources.

The German Times is an online news resource that gathers the top headlines for and about Germany. Content is supplied from a variety of well renowned sources.

NATO has put together a tremendous amount of information about the 60 years it has been in existence. The resource includes photos, videos, tv lectures about NATO, a timeline of events in each decade from 1949 to 2009, and copies of its...

A timeline covering the history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991.

The Cold War was still being waged during John Kennedy's administration. Read about the challenges he faced in Europe, Latin America, and, most ominously, in Cuba.