August 13, 1961: In the early hours of the morning, construction of the Wall begins in Berlin. The Wall was a symbol of the Cold War that divided the world into East and West. In 1989, a peaceful ...

These volumes were originally published in 2004. The close association between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany was a key element in the international order of the Cold War era.

So as Cold War comparisons hover over European security, the politics of that period has also renewed itself in Germany in a stark and unexpected way. In a bid to bolster security, the German ...

Britain had been at war with Germany since Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939. The USSR allied itself with Britain in 1941 when Germany began to invade its territories. In December 1941 ...

Germany has become the new "frontline" of the West's Cold War with Russia and China, but "no longer feels it can rely on the US" for protection, according to a new report. The report by the London ...

In the years following reunification, depictions of life in East Germany were relatively rare in German popular culture ... (Downfall), the series boasts movie-quality production values. The Cold War ...

The meeting underlined the differences between the Allied powers, and set the stage for a post-war ... Germany became de facto country boundaries, creating West and East Germany and the divided ...