anonymous to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 10 months agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-square173fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down19
arrow-up1153arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-square@shroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink27•9 months agoThat West Berlin was an enclave deep within GDR, completely encircled by the Berlin wall. For some reason I thought that Berlin was right at the border between FRG and GDR with the wall splitting it in half.
minus-square@DarienGS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•9 months agoThat would have made a lot more sense than what actually happened.
That West Berlin was an enclave deep within GDR, completely encircled by the Berlin wall. For some reason I thought that Berlin was right at the border between FRG and GDR with the wall splitting it in half.
That would have made a lot more sense than what actually happened.
This blows my mind every time I’m reminded.