The Construction of the Berlin Wall
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- The Construction of the Berlin Wall
- Building the Berlin Wall
- The four summit meetings failed to resolve problem in Berlin, Kennedy started to prepare US for nuclear war
- Khrushchev couldn't risk a nuclear war with US, needed to sort refugee issue in Berlin
- Solution was to build wall in Aug 1961
- Designed to prevent East Berliners travelling to West Berlin, if attempted the E.Berliner would be shot
- 12 Aug 1961 - E. German troops erected a barbed wire fence around city.
- Fence eventually became high guarded wall
- Soviet tanks were deployed to stop Western access to East, end of Oct 1961 - W. Berlin completely cut off from E. Berlin
- Why the Berlin Wall was built
- 1. Khrushchev backed down: he knew he couldn't win a nuclear war
- 2. Western powers stayed in Berlin
- 3. Berlin wall was built (from Aug 1961)
- 4. Anyone trying to escape was shot at, many killed
- 5. Wall stopped E. Germans leaving for West, solved the crisi
- 6. This war, Khrushchev avoided war with US but still looked strong
- Building the Berlin Wall
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