![An armed West German policeman keeps a close watch on the East Zone across the Berlin Wall. The nearest mound of snow marks the remains of Adolf Hitler’s underground bunker.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/M-Intel-LEAD-Jun07-e1682019633131-760x427.jpg)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Symbolism of the Berlin Wall During the Cold War
By Bruce L. BragerIn June 1961, Walter Ulbrecht, longtime Communist party leader of East Germany, denied that his government had any intention of building the Berlin Wall, which would separate East and West Berlin. Read more