The Berlin Wall one of the main aspects of the cold war, for 28 years this wall has stood, symbolising the separation of families and friends. Only being taken down quite recently.
After WW2, Germany was split up into 4 sectors;
-The French -The United States -The Soviet Union and -Great Britain
These 4 countries all felt threatened by one another so France, The United States and Great Britain all teamed up creating West Berlin, a democracy built state while the Soviet Union was left creating the GDR (German Democratic Republic – East Germany) a communist built state. By June 15, the GDR, head of the East Republic Walter Ulbricht, had declared out of nowhere that they had no intention of building a wall even though nothing about a wall has been brought up before, but on the 12th of august the GDR council had announced that;
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Many of the East Germans were Unhappy with this out-come from once being a democracy country to and then turning into a communist state and closing businesses, people crossed for many other reasons as well, like economics, political freedom and cultural beliefs in which they tried migrating to the West, but with the fence put in place no one was allowed to leave. From the 12 – 13 of August 1961 (after WW2) this massive wall was built completely surrounding West Berlin and
After WW2, Germany was split up into 4 sectors;
-The French -The United States -The Soviet Union and -Great Britain
These 4 countries all felt threatened by one another so France, The United States and Great Britain all teamed up creating West Berlin, a democracy built state while the Soviet Union was left creating the GDR (German Democratic Republic – East Germany) a communist built state. By June 15, the GDR, head of the East Republic Walter Ulbricht, had declared out of nowhere that they had no intention of building a wall even though nothing about a wall has been brought up before, but on the 12th of august the GDR council had announced that;
“in order …show more content…
Many of the East Germans were Unhappy with this out-come from once being a democracy country to and then turning into a communist state and closing businesses, people crossed for many other reasons as well, like economics, political freedom and cultural beliefs in which they tried migrating to the West, but with the fence put in place no one was allowed to leave. From the 12 – 13 of August 1961 (after WW2) this massive wall was built completely surrounding West Berlin and