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Eric Margolis: The Man Who Did Not Start World War III

A comical blunder by a fuddled, senior East German official on 9 November, 1989, led to the opening of gates on the hated Berlin Wall. In a matter of hours, Communist East Germany collapsed and the once mighty Soviet Empire began to crumble. Full Article at Huffington Post

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