The history of the Berlin Wall was ignited by World War II. Germany plotted an attack on Poland, yet was intimidated by the fact that the Soviet Union might interfere. So, before raiding Poland, Hitler made sure to sign a non-aggression pact with the U.S.S.R. This pact secretly stated that Poland should be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, with Germany receiving the western third, while the Soviets gained control of the remaining two-thirds. Germany began their attacks on Poland on September 1, 1939. In response, Poland’s allies, Great Britain and France, declared war on Germany, sparking World War II.
Germany successfully gained control of Poland, and started the defense against the Allies. As it goes, the best defense is a strong …show more content…
The wall was responsible for population division, conflicts between political superpowers, and the creation of war. With Britain’s, France’s, and the United States’ sectors all containing airports, the wall was built so that people under Communist law in Soviet East Germany could not go into the Capitalist sectors of Berlin and fly into West Germany. The wall was built by the Soviet’s solely to preserve the population ruled by the Soviet Union’s Communist Party. The people of East Germany wanted to escape to a life under Capitalist law and began protesting against the government in October of 1989. These protests continued to escalate eventually leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Pieces of the rubble of the Berlin Wall began to spread to countries around the world to be used as monuments in memory of the hardships that were created by it. The wall has become a symbol of the pursuit of world …show more content…
Not only did the wall cause protests and a peaceful revolution, it was a spark of the Cold War itself. It took the responsibility out of the hands of the Communist Party, and made the population of East Berlin make the final decision to break down the wall. The most effective way to keep a stable population under communist law is to make the population happy. The Berlin Wall was the complete wrong way to approach the situation. If instead of isolating the people when the population decrease was noticed, the Soviet Union focused on a less societally destructive solution, the same goal may have been possible to achieve without as many hardships. The biggest flaw in the Communist Party’s handling of the Berlin situation was that they tried to do away with Fascism in Germany, which had kept the society and population stable for so long. Whatever arguments are made, the Berlin Wall is a scar on an otherwise historically attractive
Germany successfully gained control of Poland, and started the defense against the Allies. As it goes, the best defense is a strong …show more content…
The wall was responsible for population division, conflicts between political superpowers, and the creation of war. With Britain’s, France’s, and the United States’ sectors all containing airports, the wall was built so that people under Communist law in Soviet East Germany could not go into the Capitalist sectors of Berlin and fly into West Germany. The wall was built by the Soviet’s solely to preserve the population ruled by the Soviet Union’s Communist Party. The people of East Germany wanted to escape to a life under Capitalist law and began protesting against the government in October of 1989. These protests continued to escalate eventually leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Pieces of the rubble of the Berlin Wall began to spread to countries around the world to be used as monuments in memory of the hardships that were created by it. The wall has become a symbol of the pursuit of world …show more content…
Not only did the wall cause protests and a peaceful revolution, it was a spark of the Cold War itself. It took the responsibility out of the hands of the Communist Party, and made the population of East Berlin make the final decision to break down the wall. The most effective way to keep a stable population under communist law is to make the population happy. The Berlin Wall was the complete wrong way to approach the situation. If instead of isolating the people when the population decrease was noticed, the Soviet Union focused on a less societally destructive solution, the same goal may have been possible to achieve without as many hardships. The biggest flaw in the Communist Party’s handling of the Berlin situation was that they tried to do away with Fascism in Germany, which had kept the society and population stable for so long. Whatever arguments are made, the Berlin Wall is a scar on an otherwise historically attractive