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The Berlin Wall

By: Frederick Taylor
Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
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The appearance of a hastily constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected. Within days, it had started to metamorphose into a structure that would come to symbolise the brutal insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall.

A city of almost four million was cut ruthlessly in two, unleashing a potentially catastrophic East-West crisis and plunging the entire world for the first time into the fear of imminent missile-borne apocalypse. This threat would vanish only when the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on the historic night of 9 November 1989. The Berlin Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people.

©2009 Frederick Taylor (P)2011 Audible Ltd 20th Century Europe Germany Modern Politics & Government Russia Soviet Union War Imperialism Socialism Military Cold War Self-Determination Capitalism Interwar Period
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This was a great listen. It goes into great detail with the history of Germany and the behind the scenes look into the Berlin Wall and it’s impact on life in Germany at the time and of course the events leading up to bringing the wall down.

Excellent Book

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An excellent well researched history.
I was stationed in Berlin as an 18 year old British soldier, from 1962 -64. This book filled in a lot of what was happening on the other side of the wall. Thank you

A trip down memory lane

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Great review of the rise and fall of the Berlin wall, the former GDR and the human suffering it caused. Well narrated.

Fascinating History

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Great narrative and historical perspective
Very entertaining
Well worth listening to the effects on the population pre and post wall construction

Amazing Descriptive History

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