12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’

About this episode

The episode discusses Ronald Reagan's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate where he urged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he called on the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to ‘Tear down this ...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Allsop

Topics covered

• Cold War
• Berlin Wall
• US-Soviet relations
• political speeches
• historical events

Keywords

• Ronald Reagan
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Brandenburg Gate
• Berlin Wall
• Cold War
• political speech
• 1987

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Places: Brandenburg Gate, USSR

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