German Border

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Motorways Of Switzerland - List of Autobahnen/Autoroutes/Autostrade
... Margrethen (Austrian border) - A1.1 - St ... Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne - Nyon - Geneva - Bardonnex (French border) A2 Basel (German border) - Olten - Luzern - Altdorf UR - Gotthard - Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso (Italian ... Margrethen (Austrian border) - Buchs SG - Sargans - Landquart - Chur - Thusis - San Bernardino - Bellinzona A14 Luzern - Cham A16 Boncourt (French border) - Porrentruy - Delémont ...
Czechoslovak Border Fortifications During The Cold War
... The border of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) to Western Europe, mainly to NATO-member Federal Republic of Germany (less so to neutral Austria), was during the Cold War until 1989 as ... For example, the East German border fortifications were euphemistically termed an "anti-fascist protection wall" by GDR apparatchiks.) After World War II and the division of ... this area was designated by a signal fence some kilometres inland, while the border itself was secured by a guarded strip with a single barbed wire fence ...
Escape Attempts and Victims of The Inner German Border - Deaths On The Border
... East German memorial to border guard Waldemar Estel, who was shot on the border on 3 September 1956 ... It is still not certain how many people died on the inner German border or who they all were, as the GDR treated such information as a closely guarded secret ... as evidence has been gathered from East German records ...
Observation Post Alpha - History
... 1962 A border incident occurred near the future location of OP Alpha ... An East German border guard captain fired at a group of West German border policemen, and in turn was shot by one of the West German border policemen. 1965 Responsibility for border surveillance in the area was turned over from the German BGS to the U.S ...
Schießbefehl - Prescribed Procedure
... The GDR border troops (Grenztruppen der DDR), who were not formally integrated in the regular armed forces (the Nationale Volksarmee), were instructed ... Next, to fire a warning shot typically the border police carried Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles ... The border troops were told to avoid shooting in the direction of the territory of West Berlin and West Germany ...

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