The Berlin Wall - 1961
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- The Berlin Wall - 1961
- What?
- Many people were fleeing from East Berlin to West Berlin due to better lifestyle conditions in West Gemany
- About 2 Million from 1945-1961. These workers were very skilled
- This was a huge embarrassment for Khrushchev and it was a big propaganda defeat
- Many people were fleeing from East Berlin to West Berlin due to better lifestyle conditions in West Gemany
- What did he do?
- Built a wall which bordered the 2 sides of Berlin guarded by Soviet Tanks
- 1st it was just barbed wire and then later turned into a stone wall
- Reactions?
- The USA and West Germany thought it was a failure of communism, took advantage for propaganda and thought they had to imprison their citizens to keep them in
- Americas Response
- Kennedy sent his vice Priciple to Berlin with troops
- That was to make West Berlin (Capitalist) and make the soviets realise that USA would resist and attempt to expand communist influence into West Berlin
- At 'Checkpoint Charlie' there was a small confrontation of tanks between USA and USSR this couldve escalated but no shots were fired and Tanks withdrew
- West made propoganda and claimed it was a failure of communism
- Importances
- Stopped the number of people fleeing from East Berlin. However there were 5.000 escapess after the wall
- Propoganda vicotory for Americans
- Stabalised East Germans economy
- Kennedy didnt want to give up however he didnt want to go to war with Berlin
- USSR had clearly given ufor takign control over W.B
- Deaths attempting to cross the wall:136 (approx.)
- Wall was took down in 1989
- What?
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