Today 25 years ago the berlin wall came down and with it communism in eastern Europe. people that where born into freedom find this issue hard to understand but this is the most pivotal moment in European history......it happened today 25 years ago.
Wikipedia article on the wall, mostly political facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall The Inner German border, this has all the technical facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border Examples of the border defences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-70 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Spring-gun_Selbstschussanlage.JPG) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border#Outer_fence.2C_walls_and_minefields
Title: Re: today in history
Post by: Daran on November 10, 2014, 03:24:26 am
It's also kristallnacht which is similar to Halloween for Germans
Title: Re: today in history
Post by: equanimity on November 10, 2014, 04:32:03 am