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How many people left the Berlin Wall from from 1949 to 1961? |
2 1/2 million people left East Germany to West Germany for the west through east Berlin. This was embarrassing for the USSR because it made communism look bad. |
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How did Khrushchev try and resolve the Berlin Wall problem? |
On the 10th of November 1958 demanded that the US, France and Britain remove their troops within 6 months to end the presence of the occupying powers and accused them of violating the demilitarization clause of the Potsdam Agreement of 1945. |
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When did the US President Eisenhower meet with Khrushchev and where? |
Eisenhower met with Khruschev for two summits in 1959:
First the Geneva summit at Camp David in the US. Where they didn't make an agreement but agreed to meet again at Paris 1960 for further discussion where Khrushchev withdrew his six month time limit. |
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What happened before they had a chance to meet? |
The USSR shot down an American U2 Spy plane that was flying over Russia in 1960 and Eisenhower lied, denying that it was a spy plane. But the USSR produced the pilot (alive) and the plane wreckage as evidence. |
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The talks in Paris were due to take place but... |
The talks in Paris were due to take place a few day later. But the summit collapsed Khrushchev demanded an apology from the USA over the U-2 Crisis but Eisenhower refused - so Khrushchev went home. |
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When was the Berlin Wall built? |
1961. |
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When did Kennedy become President? |
Kennedy became president in 1961. |
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When and were did Kennedy meet Khrushchev? |
At the Vienna conference in 1961. |
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What did Khrushchev try to do? |
He tried to bully the inexperienced Kennedy into giving up West Berlin and again gave the US six months to leave the city. |
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What did Kennedy do? |
Kennedy called Khrushchev 's bluff and increased defence spending and prepared for war. The USSR's millitary wasn't as strong as the US, so Khrushchev found another way to solve the Berlin Problem. |
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What happened on the 13 August 1961? |
A 30-mile long Barrier was built across the city Berlin overnight. The Berlin wall was fortified with barbed wire and machine gun posts, and separated the East Berlin from the West Berlin. |
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Why happened to anyone trying to leave East Berlin? |
Anyone trying to escape East Berlin was shot. West Berliners were suddenly separated East Berliners were separated from relatives in the East for the next 30 years. |
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How did the USA support the USA Berlin? |
In West Berlin on the 26 of June 1963, US President Kennedy declared his commitment to protect the West Berlin, and his solidarity with it's people. Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) |
