Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world
World events often move fast, but it is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989. It culminated in one of the most famous scenes in recent history – the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc teetering on the brink of collapse and helped define a new world order.
