Berlin War

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  • The Berlin Wall - 1961
    • Importances
      • USSR gave Ufor Takign control over W.B
      • Kennedy didn't want to go to war with Berlin.
      • Propaganda Victory for Americans.
      • Stabilized East Germans economy.
      • Stopped number of people fleeing from East Berlin.
        • 5,000 escapes after the wall
    • Americas response
      • West made propaganda - claimed it was a failure of communism
      • "Checkpoint Charlie"
        • Small confrontation of tanks between USA + USSR
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    • What did he do?
      • Built a wall which bordered the 2 sides of Berlin guarded by Soviet Tanks.
      • 1ST  was just barbed wire and then turned into stone
    • Facts
      • Wall was took down in 1989.
      • Many People were fleeing from East Berlin due to better lifestyle conditions in West Germany.
      • This was a huge embarrassment for Khrushchev and it was a big propaganda defeat.

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