It would not be torn down until, after Reagan.

The fall of the Berlin Wall. President George H. W. Bush believed a unified Germany was the only option. Photo: Berlin, Germany, shortly after the fall of the wall on November 9, On November 9,the East German government announced it was opening its borders at midnight.

But my military service and being in combat with a fierce and enemy in those days, Japan, served me well because I realized that without American power and without American conviction, good things would not have happened.

The “Iron Curtain” was coming down, and in Berlin, the wall was transformed overnight- from a barrier into a gateway Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. May 30, The day after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 20,President George H.

W. Bush met with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich. Nov 10, President George H.W. Bush spoke with reporters and responded to questions on the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Nov 09, Bush hails fall of Berlin Wall, Nov. 9, On this day inPresident George H.W. Bush hailed the fall of the year-old Berlin Wall, which permitted East Germans, who had been under Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Bush on the Fall of the Berlin Wall The day after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 20,President George H.

W. Bush met with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher to.