Stock Photo - CHECKPOINT CHARLIE, ON THE FRIEDRICH STRASSE, THE FAMOUS CROSSING POINT BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND THE SOVIET SECTORS. IT WAS, IN EFFECT, AT THIS CROSSPOINT THAT THE COLD WAR EXPERIENCED ONE OF ITS HARDEST SHOWS OF FORCE. IT IS HERE THAT AMERICAN AND SOVIET TANKS FACED OFF IN OCTOBER 1961. FOR 48 HOURS, THE SITUATION WAS SUSPENSEFUL BECAUSE ITS OUTCOME WOULD MEAN WAR OR PEACE. AFTER MANY TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND THE SOVIETS, THE TANKS DREW BACK. ON THE OCCASION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALL, CHECKPOINT CHARLIE REGAINED ITS ORIGINAL COLOURS AND AMONG OTHER THINGS THE WHITE GUARDHOUSE OF THE AMERICAN ARMY WAS REINSTALLED, BERLIN, GERMANY