Berlin Wall 1961

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Berlin Wall 1961

Causes

  • USSR realised it could not win a nuclear war
  • The East German economy lost skilled workers
  • Many people from East Germany escaped to West Germany
  • The East German government was unpopular
  • Kennedy refused to back down
  • Kennedy increased USA's defense budget

Effects

  • The problem of the division of Berlin was solved
  • Refugees were unable to leave East Germany
  • Khrushchev avoided war with the USA
  • Peter Fletcher was killed
  • An important symbol of the Cold war was created
  • Kennedy showed solidarity with the people of West Berlin

Overall summary

-Put up to stop east berliners fleeing to the west.-Berlin wall built, started with barbed wire-Avoided war-Stop movement between sides-First built on the night of the 12th August 1961

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