SSgt Alex Robinson 1096483 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany, and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia. 2015-11-09T03:55:17-05:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 1096483

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany, and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia.

2015-11-09T03:55:17-05:00 2015-11-09T03:55:17-05:00 SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 1096493

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="628831" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/628831-ssgt-alex-robinson">SSgt Alex Robinson</a> thanks for posting, very instrumental for the success in Europe. I served in West Germany, and was part of the re-unification in 1990. Sweet!

2015-11-09T04:49:37-05:00 2015-11-09T04:49:37-05:00 CSM Michael J. Uhlig 1096516

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I remember riding the freedom train to Berlin and going through Checkpoint Charlie as a young PFC before the wall came down. The exchange rate was unbelievable, and the currency (if I remember correctly) was in Rubles (sp). We had to wear our Class A's when we went into East Germany and I couldn't help but feel like someone was watching me the entire time I was there. The people were nice but they were oppressed and it was evident, even to a 19 year old I could tell they were under strict control. I remember President Reagan saying those famous words "tear down this wall".<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfZgR5KOIXs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfZgR5KOIXs</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-youtube"> <div class="pta-link-card-video"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xfZgR5KOIXs?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfZgR5KOIXs">Reagan asks Gorbachev to &quot;Tear Down This Wall&quot;</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">This has been adapted from the full video of the speech, which comes courtesy of the Miller Center of the University of Virginia. The video, audio, and trans...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-11-09T06:37:18-05:00 2015-11-09T06:37:18-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 1096799

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>yes i was watching that whole thing on tv back in Poland where i was born.

2015-11-09T09:51:12-05:00 2015-11-09T09:51:12-05:00 SPC Christopher Perrien 1097003

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I went over there on terminal leave and was there this day. I had been there in 86-88 (2 months with the Berlin Brigade also) and I went to viisit an old girlfriend when I got out. It was pretty cool being there for that. An East German gave me a piece of the wall. <br /><br />We won the Cold War!!! The Best Sword is the one that never needs to be drawn.<br /><br />It is also the date of the Beer Hall Putsch. "The 9th of the 11th", Kinda weird intersections and numerology there.

2015-11-09T11:07:06-05:00 2015-11-09T11:07:06-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 1097011

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-67409"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-berlin-wall-fell-on-this-date-in-1989%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Did+you+know+the+Berlin+wall+fell+on+this+date+in+1989%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-berlin-wall-fell-on-this-date-in-1989&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADid you know the Berlin wall fell on this date in 1989?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-the-berlin-wall-fell-on-this-date-in-1989" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e459ffc155c08753d96f7b3362a77510" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/067/409/for_gallery_v2/93b09787.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/067/409/large_v3/93b09787.jpg" alt="93b09787" /></a></div></div>I remember very well. My mother (German born) cried all night, she was so happy.

2015-11-09T11:09:26-05:00 2015-11-09T11:09:26-05:00 2015-11-09T03:55:17-05:00