Checkpoint Bravo

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Checkpoint Bravo was one of the main Cold War crossing points on the border between West Berlin and East Germany, serving as a key transit route for traffic between West Berlin and West Germany.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Checkpoint Bravo canonical 3

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War checkpoint
border crossing
borderCrossingBetween East Germany
West Berlin
borderWith East Germany
comparedWith Checkpoint Alpha
Checkpoint Charlie
connects East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
controlledBy Allied forces
West German authorities
country West Germany
hasRole road border crossing
transit checkpoint
historicalPeriod division of Germany
locatedIn Berlin
West Berlin
namedAfter NATO phonetic alphabet letter B
oppositeControlledBy Ministry of the Interior of the GDR
surface form: East German authorities

Soviet forces
partOf inner German border
surface form: Berlin border crossings

inner German border
surface form: Inner German border

transit routes between West Berlin and Federal Republic of Germany
significance major transit route between West Berlin and West Germany
symbol of the division of Berlin
status former border crossing
usedDuring Cold War
usedFor access between West Berlin and West Germany
civilian transit traffic
road freight traffic

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Checkpoint Charlie follows Checkpoint Bravo
Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) precededBy Checkpoint Bravo
subject surface form: Checkpoint Charlie
Allied-occupied Berlin hadCheckpoint Checkpoint Bravo