28 min

Checkpoint Charlie & The Price of Freedom The Incredible Journey

    • Christianity

This is the place where East meets West in the heart of Europe. This is the place where Communism and Capitalism clashed. During the Cold War, the crossing point between the East and West was called Checkpoint Charlie and was universally known as the epicentre of the conflict. Throughout its history, it was a place of high tension and drama.It all began after the Second World War with the 1945 occupation of Germany. The United States and the Soviet Union began to emerge as ideologically oppos...

This is the place where East meets West in the heart of Europe. This is the place where Communism and Capitalism clashed. During the Cold War, the crossing point between the East and West was called Checkpoint Charlie and was universally known as the epicentre of the conflict. Throughout its history, it was a place of high tension and drama.It all began after the Second World War with the 1945 occupation of Germany. The United States and the Soviet Union began to emerge as ideologically oppos...

28 min