Kalter krieg
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- A city supplied from the air for 11 months.
On 24 June 1948, the Soviet Union blocked all land and water routes into West Berlin. Until the blockade was lifted on …
- An officer who didn't believe the computer in 1983.
On 26 September 1983, the Soviet early-warning system reported the launch of five US missiles. Duty officer Lieutenant …
- How to land a plane every three minutes.
At first there was chaos: on 13 August 1948 aircraft stacked up over Tempelhof. General William Tunner then imposed …
- The "red telephone" was never a telephone.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USA and Soviet Union set up the hotline in 1963. It consisted of teleprinters …
- The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with a deal nobody could know.
From 16 to 28 October 1962, the USA and Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war over missiles in Cuba. Publicly …
- The Wall fell because of a badly prepared note.
The Berlin Wall stood from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989, just over 28 years. That evening, Günter Schabowski read …
- The first satellite was a beeping metal ball.
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1: a polished sphere 58 centimetres across, weighing 83.6 …