COLD WAR USEFUL LINKS: EUROPE
COLD WAR:
The companion web-site to CNN's excellent documentary series.
COLD WAR:
A group project from the Bergen County, New Jersey school district.
COLD WAR: A British exam revision site that focuses in on the 1945-63 time period.
COLD WAR REVISION: A basic review exercise.
: A history and images assembled by Heiko Burkhardt.
BERLIN WALL -- WIKIPEDIA: A basic overview of the history of the Cold War's most famous symbol.
: A feature on the Wall from the
Newseum.
BERLIN WALL 1961-1989:
A series of links put together by Andreas Lixl at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
: A BBC News feature on the 10th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
CONCRETE
CURTAIN -- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE BERLIN WALL:
A comprehensive history of the "Anti-Fascist Protective Rampart."
EAST GERMAN PROPAGANDA: An extraordinarily impressive collection of translated primary materials from Randall Bytwerk, a Professor of Communication Arts at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
HISTORY -- EUROPE IN MOTION -- THE BERLIN WALL: A French exhibition organized by Artists For Freedom.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS:
A U.K. National Archives 20th Century Heroes and Villains lesson plan.
REVELATIONS FROM THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES:
A U.S. Library of Congress exhibit.
SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- AUGUST 1968: Primary materials from the Labadie Collection of Social Protest Material at University of Michigan Special Collections.
SOVIET UNION -- 1945-1990:
A series of encyclopedia entries on important Cold War events from the
Spartacus educational site.
WE'VE CAUGHT GOD BY THE ARM -- POLAND, 1980-81:
This episode from a series on twentieth-century non-violent protest tells the
story of the Solidarity labour movement and its push for workers' rights,
democratic reform and national autonomy.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
Returns From The Allied Conference At Yalta, February 12, 1945: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
GEORGE C. MARSHALL, U.S.
Secretary of State, Proposes European Recovery Program, June 5, 1947.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN OPPOSITION LEADER,
On The Communists' Seizure Of Power, February 23, 1948: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
RADIO BUDAPEST,
On The Soviet Invasion Of Hungary, November 4, 1956: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
On The Second Berlin Crisis, May 16, 1959: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
NEWS REPORT, Erecting Of The
Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961: A brief audio clip from the History
Channel's Speech Archive.
RADIO PRAGUE,
Calls For Continued Resistance Against Soviet Invasion, August 21, 1968: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
RONALD REAGAN,
Speaks About His Visit To The Berlin Wall, June 1987: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
NEWS REPORT,
Opening Of The Berlin Wall, November 10, 1989: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.