The Berlin Wall - Germany
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- Created on: 22-05-18 11:49
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- The Berlin Wall
- Number of people leaving East Germany
- 1949 - 129,245
- 1961 - 159,730
- 1953 - 331,390
- Total - 2,691,270
- The events of 1961
- June
- The Vienna Summit. Khrushchev pressurised the US President Kennedy to withdraw Western forces from West Berlin
- Kennedy promised to protect West Berlin freedoms
- July 17
- The West rejected Khrushchev's demands
- July 23
- The East imposed strict travel restrictions. Up to 1,000 refugees had been leaving each day
- July 25
- Kennedy gave further guarantees to West Berlin. He announced increase arms spending
- August 13
- A barbed wire barrier along the border between East and West was erected by East Germany. Free movement ended
- August 22
- Barbed wire was replaced with a concrete wall. All routes were closed except Checkpoint Charlie
- October
- US diplomats and troops crossed into the East, to test the Soviet reaction. On 27 Oct, Soviet tanks arrived at Checkpoint Charlie and refused the West access. There was a gradual pull back
- June
- Consequences of the Belin Wall
- Berlin was divide physically. Free access was denied
- An exodus of worker was prevented. Escapees were shot
- The workforce in the East was stabilised and economy improved
- The East introduced limited liberalisation and decentralisation
- The Four Power Agreement on Berlin was Ended
- Kennedy refused to pull down the Wall. He appeared weak
- Khrushchev couldn't remove the West from Berlin. Appeared weak
- The Wall was used as propaganda against communism
- In the 1950s many fled from East to West Germany. This increased in 1956 with the Hungarian Uprising
- In 1958 Khrushchev demanded that Western Powers recognise the DDR, withdraw from West Berlin and hand over assess routes. The Allies ignored him
- The USA poured huge amounts of aid into West Berlin in comparison the East was not prosperous - many left to the West
- Number of people leaving East Germany
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