- There was also Checkpoint Alpha and Bravo, but Checkpoint Charlie was significant in that only foreigners were allowed to cross through it.
- In the last days of October 1961, American and Soviet tanks took up positions here at the GDR border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie after members of the US...
- checkpoint-charlie-soviet-us-tanks-1961. ... Checkpoint Charlie. Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin.
- 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...
- Stewart, on Checkpoint Charlie, we witness the classic battle between soldiers who skate and soldiers who actually care, there can only be one victor.
- Checkpoint Charlie, one of the ultimate symbols of the Cold War, came to epitomize the separation between east and west.
- I know it’s a touristy thing to do, but I’ve made it all the way to Berlin, and I am going to get my picture taken with a guard at Checkpoint Charlie.
- English: During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie (Checkpoint of the American Sector) was one of the crossing points between West Berlin and East Berlin.
- 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..
- Checkpoint Charlie was an important crossing point in the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.