- In response, the United States, France and Britain stationed military police at Checkpoint Charlie to ensure their officials had ready access to the border.
- With tours of Checkpoint Charlie, see a noted Berlin attraction that serves a reminder of the former border crossing, the Cold War and the partition of Berlin.
- checkpoint-charlie-soviet-us-tanks-1961. ... Checkpoint Charlie. Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin.
- There was also Checkpoint Alpha and Bravo, but Checkpoint Charlie was significant in that only foreigners were allowed to cross through it.
- British spy James Bond (played by Roger Moore) passed through Checkpoint Charlie in the 1983 film Octopussy from West Berlin to East.
- Spoofed in the 1985 action-comedy Gotcha where the young protagonist has to run the gauntlet of Checkpoint Charlie's Obstructive Bureaucrats.
- This played a part in giving Checkpoint Charlie a mythological status and regarded as a meeting point for spies and other mysterious people.
- English: During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie (Checkpoint of the American Sector) was one of the crossing points between West Berlin and East Berlin.
- Checkpoint Charlie, so called by the Western Allies, was the most famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War era and is the site...
- Checkpoint Charlie is one of the most visited sites in Berlin and unfortunately now resembles a bit of a 'Cold War Disneyland'.