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=== Berlin Crisis: 4 June – 9 November 1961 ===
{{Main|Berlin Crisis of 1961}}
[[File:US Army tanks face off against Soviet tanks, Berlin 1961.jpg|thumb|250px|United States [[M48 Patton|M48]] tanks face Soviet Army [[T-54/T-55|T-55]] tanks at [[Checkpoint Charlie]], October 1961.]]

The [[Berlin Crisis of 1961]] was a political-military confrontation between the armed forces of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. at [[Checkpoint Charlie]] with both several American and Soviet/East German tanks and troops at the stand-off at each other only 100 yards on either side of the checkpoint. The reason behind the confrontation was the occupational status of the German capital city, [[Berlin]], and of [[History of Germany (1945–1990)|post–World War II Germany]]. The Berlin Crisis started when the USSR launched an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of all armed forces from Berlin, including the Western armed forces in [[West Berlin]]. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the [[East German]] erection of the [[Berlin Wall]]. This stand-off ended peacefully on 28 October following a U.S.–Soviet understanding to withdraw tanks and reduce tensions.