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9781846031939

The Berlin Wall

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  • ISBN13:

    9781846031939

  • ISBN10:

    1846031931

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2008-02-19
  • Publisher: Osprey Publishing
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Summary

The border between East and West Germany was closed on May 26, 1953. On August 13, 1961 crude fences and walls were erected around West Berlin: the Berlin Wall had been created. The Wall encircled West Berlin for a distance of 155km, and its barriers and surveillance systems evolved over the years into an advanced obstacle network. The Intra-German Border ran from the Baltic Sea to the Czechoslovak border for 1,381km, and was where NATO forces faced the Warsaw Pact for the 45 years of the Cold War. This book examines the international situation that led to the establishment of the Berlin Wall and the IGB, and discusses how these barrier systems were operated, and finally fell. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. A highly respected and established author, he now devotes himself to full-time writing and research. The author lives in Cyprus, TX (near Houston).

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 4
The Origins of Divisionp. 5
The Wall rises
The two Germanys
Chronologyp. 11
The Intra-German Borderp. 14
The border 1952-67
The modern border 1968-98
Towers
The Berlin Wallp. 29
The initial barriers
The second- and third-generation walls
Grenzwall 75
From West Germany to West Berlin
Manning the Wall and the IGBp. 42
Grenztruppen units
Frontier guard duty
Testing the Barriersp. 57
The fall of the Wall
An Assessment of the Wall and the IGBp. 59
The Sites Todayp. 61
Further Reading and Researchp. 61
Websites
Glossary and Abbreviationsp. 63
Indexp. 64
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