Impacts of the Berlin Wall
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- Created on: 30-10-21 14:10
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- Impacts of the Cold War
- Impacts on the USA
- Cons: The Soviet Union had closed the border without consulting the USA. People who wanted to escape from communism were no longer able to do so.
- Pros: The Wall showed that Khrushchev had been forced to accept Western control in Berlin. West Berlin became an emblem of freedom and defiance against communism.
- Impacts on the Soviet Union
- Cons: Khrushchev had to abandon plans to unite Germany under Soviet control.
- Cons: The Wall showed that the SU had to 'lock' people into East Germany to stop them leaving.They preferred capitalism over communism.
- Pro: the wall stopped refugees leaving. Showed that West that communism would survive in Berlin.
- Pro: the brain drain would stop.
- The impact in Berlin
- The Berlin Wall cut through streets and even buildings. Whilst it was being built, many people tried to make an escape.
- One woman threw a mattress out of her window into West Berlin and then jumped onto it. She landed on the mattress, but later died of injuries.
- Along the 27 mile section that cut through the centre of Berlin, there were two walls, one facing East and the other West.
- The wall separated families and friends, often for years on end,
- The Berlin Wall cut through streets and even buildings. Whilst it was being built, many people tried to make an escape.
- Impacts on the USA
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