Travel Check Point Charlie

[evacguy]

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings I thought it appropriate to post my recent photographs of Check Point Charlie in Berlin. While the main reason for the D-Day landings was to liberate Europe from the Nazi's, I believe another possible reason for opening the second front, and hence the D-Day landings, was to ensure that the Soviets didn't take all of Germany, and possibly Europe. If left unchecked the Soviets could have marched through Berlin and Germany and possibly all the way to the Channel. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but only up to a point. Regardless, the D-Day landings and the carving up of Berlin/Germany are linked.

Leaving the Soviet side of Berlin and entering the US sector of the Allied side at Check Point Charlie.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 43.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 100

Leaving the US sector of the Allied side and entering the Soviet side of Berlin at Check Point Charlie.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 52.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Richard A]

While the main reason for the D-Day landings was to liberate Europe from the Nazi's, I believe another possible reason for opening the second front, and hence the D-Day landings, was to ensure that the Soviets didn't take all of Germany, and possibly Europe. If left unchecked the Soviets could have marched through Berlin and Germany and possibly all the way to the Channel. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but only up to a point. Regardless, the D-Day landings and the carving up of Berlin/Germany are linked.

While that may have been the case towards the end, Stalin was pleading with his "Allies" for a very long time to open up a western front to hopefully take some pressure off the Soviets on the eastern front.

Anyway, very interesting photos.

 

[evacguy]

While that may have been the case towards the end, Stalin was pleading with his "Allies" for a very long time to open up a western front to hopefully take some pressure off the Soviets on the eastern front.

Anyway, very interesting photos.

HI Richard, yes, I agree and I think I suggested that in my post. But in the Tehran Conference between the big three (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) during November/December 1943 the UK/USA finally committed to project Overlord, the invasion of France to take place in May 1944, how Germany and Eastern Europe (mainly Poland) would be carved up and that the Soviets would finally enter the war in the Pacific. I think even then there were concerns about the shape of post war Europe.