BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150512T210000Z DTEND:20150513T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:GCMIC International Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Point Alpha in the Fulda Gap: American Military Commitment at Freedom's Frontier - A History of Cold War\, the Iron Curtain and the End of the Communist Regime in 1989" GCMIC welcomes Volker Bausch\, Director at Point Alpha Foundation. Volker Bausch has been the director at Point Alpha Foundation and Point Alpha Academy since 2011. 'Observation Post Alpha' was one of the American Border Observation posts along the inner-German border. OP Alpha\, the only remaining one\, was situated in the 'Fulda Gap' the strategic region in which a Soviet attack was expected at any time during the Cold War\, because of its proximity to the Rhein-Main Region. At OP Alpha\, troopers of the 14th and 11th ACR were on duty at 'Freedom's Frontier' for several decades. Bausch's talk will take the audience through the history of this unique place and its development from a hot spot in the Cold War to a learning site of history. It highlights the strategic situation in the Fulda Gap\, the character of the communist regime in the border district of a rural area\, and describes the overthrow of the regime in 1989\, as well as the German re-unification of 1990. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Point Alpha in the Fulda Gap: American Military Commitment at Freedom'\;s Frontier - A History of Cold War\, the Iron Curtain and the End of the Communist Regime in 1989"\; GCMIC welcomes Volker Bausch\, Director at Point Alpha Foundation. Volker Bausch has been the director at Point Alpha Foundation and Point Alpha Academy since 2011. '\;Observation Post Alpha'\; was one of the American Border Observation posts along the inner-German border. OP Alpha\, the only remaining one\, was situated in the '\;Fulda Gap'\; \;the strategic region in which a Soviet attack was expected at any time during the Cold War\, because of its proximity to the Rhein-Main Region. At OP Alpha\, troopers of the 14th and 11th ACR were on duty at '\;Freedom'\;s Frontier'\; for several decades. Bausch'\;s talk will take the audience through the history of this unique place and its development from a hot spot in the Cold War to a learning site of history. It highlights the strategic situation in the Fulda Gap\, the character of the communist regime in the border district of a rural area\, and describes the overthrow of the regime in 1989\, as well as the German re-unification of 1990. LOCATION:The Marshall House 217 Edwards Ferry Road Leesburg UID:e.1206.3483 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T150059Z URL:https://business.loudounchamber.org/events/details/gcmic-international-speaker-series-05-12-2015-3483 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR