Cold War
Season 1, Episode 9: The Wall (1958–1963)
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The Soviet Union solves the problem of people leaving East Germany to the free West by stopping open transit and building a secured ring around West Berlin.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Comrades (1917-1945)
Episode 2
Iron Curtain (1945–1947)
Episode 3
Marshall Plan (1947–1952)
Episode 4
Berlin (1948–1949)
Episode 5
Korea (1949–1953)
Episode 6
Reds (1948–1953)
Episode 7
After Stalin (1953–1956)
Episode 8
Sputnik (1949–1961)
Episode 9
The Wall (1958–1963)
Episode 10
Cuba (1959–1962)
Episode 11
Vietnam (1954–1968)
Episode 12
MAD (1960–1972)
Episode 13
Make Love Not War (The 60s)
Episode 14
Red Spring (The 60s)
Episode 15
China (1949–1972)
Episode 16
Detente (1969–1975)
Episode 17
Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967–1978)
Episode 18
Backyard (1954–1990)
Episode 19
Freeze (1977–1981)
Episode 20
Soldiers of God (1975–1988)
Episode 21
Spies (1944–1994)
Episode 22
Star Wars (1981–1988)
Episode 23
The Wall Comes Down (1989)
Episode 24
Conclusions (1989–1991)