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Originally Posted by stroller  Gorbachev tore down the Berlin wall???
Which history blog have you mistakenly clicked on recently, Boon Mee? |
OK, OK, it might not have been Gorbachev himself that physically ripped the bricks asunder but it was under his direction the wall came down:
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
"On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke the people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin wall. Due to the amplification system being used, the President's words could also be heard on the Eastern (Communist-controlled) side of the wall. The address Reagan delivered that day is considered by many to have affirmed the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism. On Nov. 9-11, 1989, the people of a free Berlin tore down that wall."
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"