Tanks of the US Army at checkpoint Friedrichstrasse in Berli

A heavy Patton tank of the US Army at checkpoint Friedrichstrasse in the western part of Berlin, on 23rd August 1961. A heavy Patton tank of the US Army standing on Wilhelmstrasse in West Berlin at the border to the eastern part of the city, on 23rd August 1961. In the background the Berlin Wall and the Haus der Ministerien (house of ministries), the former Reich aeronautic ministry, at the corner of Wilhelm and Leipziger Strasse. From 13th August 1961, the day of the building of the wall, until the fall of Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR were split by the iron curtain between west and east

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Aeronautic Berli Boundary Checkpoint Friedrichstrasse Haus Leipziger Ministries Patton Reach Split Strasse Wilhelmstrasse

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