The day the Cold War nearly turned hot at Checkpoint Charlie 🪖 🚧 October 1961, Berlin’s most famous border crossing 🇺🇸 US tanks roll up after East German guards try to block an American diplomat 💥 Soviet tanks respond, facing them just metres apart ⏳ For 16 hours, fingers hover over triggers in the centre of Berlin ☎️ A quiet backchannel deal between Washington and Moscow defuses it 🧱 The tanks disappear one by one, and WWIII is avoided once again… Thanks to Underpaid Mantis for editing an
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The day the Cold War nearly turned hot at Checkpoint Charlie 🪖 🚧 October 1961, Berlin’s most famous border crossing 🇺🇸 US tanks roll up after East German guards try to block an American diplomat 💥 Soviet tanks respond, facing them just metres apart ⏳ For 16 hours, fingers hover over triggers in the centre of Berlin ☎️ A quiet backchannel deal between Washington and Moscow defuses it 🧱 The tanks disappear one by one, and WWIII is avoided once again… Thanks to Underpaid Mantis for editing an
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