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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
The Wall falls
9 Nov 1989 — A bungled press conference — “immediately, without delay” — sends East Berlin to the checkpoints. The guards, unordered, open the gates. The Cold War’s symbol comes down by accident, on live TV.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — Gorbachev and the Unraveling in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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