Right after World War II, a crucial alliance between the two countries fell apart. We are still paying the price.

For Americans over age 45, our childhoods were defined in part by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. We grew up knowing the next war ...

Imagine it's 1966, and you're living in East Berlin, a city divided by the infamous Berlin Wall. The East German government, desperate to prevent citizens from fleeing to the West, has fortified ...

As Germany marks 80 years since the end of World War II, one historic Berlin site is grappling with how to commemorate the Soviets' crucial role in defeating Nazism against the backdrop of Russia ...

On his trainee posting in East Germany in 1961 he witnessed people’s despair as the Berlin Wall went up. In Copenhagen he was astonished by the beauty, abundance and openness of the West.

Nov. 9 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the iconic barrier that completely enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 and symbolized the height of Cold War tensions.

"I told President Trump honestly: 'Do we want Berlin? Do we want many such cities?'" the Ukrainian president said, referring to the division of Berlin during the Cold War.

East Germany accidentally opened the Berlin Wall. The legacy of the Cold War continues to shape contemporary politics. Churchill didn’t invent the term Iron Curtain.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Former dissidents, released secret service files and a zine in an East Berlin basement reveal a little-known chapter of Cold War history.

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.