- Among all these checkpoints Checkpoint Charlie became best known. Checkpoint Charlie takes its name from the alphabet code used by the U.S. Army.
- Several historic events occurred at Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War. For example, Soviet and American tanks had a standoff at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961.
- Checkpoint Charlie is kind of one of them. Of course most of the border installations are gone – but there is still the little booth in the middle of the street...
- In the night of November 9th, 1989 about 3000 West Berliners came to Checkpoint Charlie and several hundred East Berliners to Checkpoint Friedrichstraße.
- Checkpoint Charlie was an important crossing point in the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
- In response, the United States, France and Britain stationed military police at Checkpoint Charlie to ensure their officials had ready access to the border.
- Checkpoint Charlie is the famous checkpoint on the border of former East and West Berlin, or between the Russian and American sectors.
- There was also Checkpoint Alpha and Bravo, but Checkpoint Charlie was significant in that only foreigners were allowed to cross through it.
- Found Checkpoint Charlie and not to much to see apart from the kisok in the middle of the road, But such a iconic landmark in history..
- The collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 following the fall of the East German regime left Checkpoint Charlie redundant , and it was formally closed in 1990.