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US M48 Patton tanks facing Soviet T-55 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961. Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie. It began on 22 October as a dispute over whether East German border guards were authorized to examine the travel ...
Soviet T-55 tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, October 27, 1961. Immediately afterwards, 33 T-54 Soviet tanks drove to the Brandenburg Gate. As one of the first to spot the tanks when they arrived, Lieutenant Vern Pike was ordered to verify whether they were indeed Soviet tanks.
The Freedom Memorial. The Checkpoint Charlie Museum (German: Das Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) is a private museum in Berlin.It is named after the famous crossing point through the Berlin Wall, and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world" (in the words of East German general Heinz Hoffmann).
Checkpoint Charlie/Friedrichstraße between Berlin-Mitte and Berlin-Kreuzberg (opened 1961) For foreigners, diplomats, Allied military personnel and GDR citizens (by road) Heinrich-Heine-Straße / Prinzenstraße between Berlin-Mitte and Berlin-Kreuzberg
On 13 August 1961, ... Peter Fechter memorial and wreath on the western side of the Berlin Wall, taken in 1984 Peter Fechter memorial cross at Checkpoint Charlie.
Two U.S. Army M48A1s of F Co., 40th Armor of the Berlin Brigade face off in Berlin against Red Army T-54s during one of several standoffs at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961. The Army concluded in January 1952 that the T42 [ 35 ] had failed as a tank capable of combat in Europe against Soviet tanks and reached the same conclusion in November 1953 for ...
Image credits: Wichella #8. Can only remember a moment in personal history. I was the last generation in my country to do mandatory military service. And apparently my generation is particularly lazy.
Lightner refused to produce identification while crossing at Checkpoint Charlie, to attend the opera in East Berlin. General Lucius Clay dispatched troops, backed up by several tanks and military vehicles, to the Checkpoint. The Lightners were escorted into East Berlin by eight U.S. military policemen.