View the city and flying clouds over the sky of Berlin
Time-lapse video of Berlin, Germany.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Media Editor: Lee Goldstein
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Media Editor: Lee Goldstein
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Media Editor: Lee Goldstein
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1978-063-29A (CC BY-SA 3.0)As the Soviet army advances into eastern Europe, hundreds of thousands of Germans flee.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Meinzahn/Dreamstime.com; © minnystock/Dreamstime.com; © Vasile Bobirnac/Dreamstime.comOverview of the decision to make Berlin—rather than Bonn—the capital of reunified Germany.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © SPC5 Vincent Kitts/U.S. Army; Archives of the National VolksarmeeLearn about how East Germans risked their lives to escape to the West.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the Potsdam Conference, attended by Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin, to decide the future of Germany and Europe after World War II.
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