the berlin walls' construction 1961 Flashcards
when was the berlin wall built?
august 1961
when was the berlin wall started to be built?
12th august 1961
what were the 3 main reasons for the berlin wall’s construction?
- to prevent east berliners travelling over to west berlin
- western powers to stay within their part of germany and berlin
- khruschev avoided war with usa
12th august 1961
east german troops erected a barbed wire fence around the city
when was the wall completely built?
the end of october 1961
how did the berlin wall first come up in thought?
the ussr and usa had started negotiations for sorting out the brain drain
khrushchev decided on the wall
what did president kennedy say about the wall?
how it was ‘atleast better than a war’
when did kennedy visit west berlin?
in 1963
what did the wall look like on usa and ussr and why?
usa: a propaganda victory
ussr: humiliation
as it proved how east germans wanted to migrate from the east to the west (capitalist germany ) but were forced to live in the communist east germany
what impact did the berlin wall have on the iron curtain?
filled in the gap=europe was completely divided
