"The Berlin Wall" (operation)

The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier built in 1961 that divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Its purpose was to stop East Germans from fleeing to the more prosperous West. The wall became a powerful symbol of the ideological divide between the communist East and the democratic West. For nearly three decades, it separated families and restricted freedom. Its fall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end for communist regimes in Eastern Europe, symbolizing hope and the reunification of Germany.