• The only crossover between East and West Berlin through the Berlin Wall, where spy exchanges took place.
  • Checkpoint Charlie was the best known Berlin Wall crossing point between East & West Berlin during the Cold War (1961-1989).
  • Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie.
  • When Berlin was divided, Checkpoint Charlie was Berlin's best-known American-controlled border crossing point alongside Glienicke Bridge.
  • It’s no wonder that Checkpoint Charlie is one of the sights of Berlin that you really should see.
  • The rebuilt Checkpoint Charlie is a popular tourist attraction in Berlin, where visitors can pay to have their picture taken with actors dressed in American military...
  • In 1961, after the Wall was built, tanks faced each other at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin making it a world-famous symbol of German division.
  • Checkpoint Charlie is one of the few things left in Berlin of the divided city. ... What you see in the middle of the road is a copy of the check point booth.
  • Luckily, various guards at Checkpoint Charlie did not comply with the strict orders of shooting the escapees, and let them get to West Berlin.
  • Beginning in 1947, Checkpoint C, nicknamed ‘Charlie’ by the Allies, was established as a crossing point between East and West Berlin, something that became...