VFW: 30 Years Ago-The Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 08, 2019
November 08, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 8 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release:
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- On Nov. 9, 1989, the symbol of communist oppression in Europe - the Berlin Wall - began tumbling down
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In the waning moments of World War II in Europe, when the defeat of Germany was inevitable, it became a race to Berlin. The Allies and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had worked together to topple Germany, but now they w . . .
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- On Nov. 9, 1989, the symbol of communist oppression in Europe - the Berlin Wall - began tumbling down
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In the waning moments of World War II in Europe, when the defeat of Germany was inevitable, it became a race to Berlin. The Allies and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had worked together to topple Germany, but now they w . . .