Aug 13, 2021East Germany Accuses West of "Perfidious Agitation"Aug. 13, 1961 - The quietness of East Berlin's deserted streets was shattered in the early hours of the morning by the screaming of...
Aug 13, 2021🚨East Germany Closes Border Between East and West BerlinAug. 13, 1961 - East Germany closed the border early this morning between East and West Berlin. East German troops stood guard at the...
Aug 12, 2021U.S Commander in Berlin not Worried about Defending Allied SectorAug. 12, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev said today that it was "a fairy tale" that the West would fight for West Berlin. But the 5,000-man...
Aug 10, 2021Soviets Tap Marshal Ivan S. Konev as Commander of Soviet Troops in East GermanyAug. 10, 1961 - Marshal Ivan S. Konev, former supreme commander of East European forces and one of the leading longtime Communists in the...