After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between the zones in the city.
However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin.
For 28, the wa ... Show More
Yesterday
The Paraguayan War (Encore)
In the 1860s, one of the bloodiest wars in the Western Hemisphere took place….and it wasn’t the US Civil War.
It was a war between Paraguay and an alliance of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, and it was one of the bloodiest ever fought in Latin America.
It was a conventional wa ... Show More
15m 50s
Dec 2021
[REDIFFUSION] Le blocus de Berlin
<p>Pendant la période des fêtes, (re)découvrez deux épisodes publiés depuis la création du podcast en avril dernier.</p>
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<p>Aujourd'hui, le blocus de Berlin ! </p>
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<p>En 1948, Berlin, l’ancienne capitale du 3e Reich devient pour la p ... Show More
11m 10s