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Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika

Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika

Overview of Gorbachev's reform efforts, including an interview with the former Soviet premier.
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    “Summit Crisis,” a newsreel about the U-2 Incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit.
    Learn about the U-2 incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit
    Learn about the U-2 incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit
  • Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail NARA/U.S. Department of Defense
    Nazi Germany invading the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, June 22, 1941.
    Operation Barbarossa: Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
    Operation Barbarossa: Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
    West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer negotiating the release of 10,000 German POWs from the Soviet Union, 1955.
    Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow: The return of German POWs
    Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow: The return of German POWs
  • Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Wiprecht; © Vasile Bobirnac/Dreamstime.com
    Overview of the creation of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1949.
    Hear about the creation of the German Democratic Republic on October 7, 1949
    Hear about the creation of the German Democratic Republic on October 7, 1949
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