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    of the worlds dividing lines. Before the Berlin wall Germany was divided into two parts. America, Britain, and France created a democratic government in the West and the Soviet Union created the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the East. East Germans were banned from leaving the country, but in Berlin you could just take the bus to the western half. According to TED-Ed's video, this became a big problem of East German leadership. "East Germany secret police listened…

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    August 12, more than 2400 people left East Germany just that day. The massive exodus of the East Germans created conflict that the Russians dealt with by creating the Berlin wall. The crisis of the Berlin wall was a political conflict first started by physical conflict. The strikes of East Berlin resulted in the violent suppression of the people of East Germany. The Berlin wall was created to stop the frightened people of East Berlin from defecting to West Germany, creating the political…

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    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,…

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    responsibility in Berlin (Harrison 53). Due to economic, political, and social consequences, the Berlin Wall divided Berlin into two very distinctively different cities. East Berlin was ruled under a Soviet communist regime, while West Berlin was ruled under the influence of the Western World. The division between East Germany and West Germany is what Winston Churchill called the “Iron Curtain” that fell across Europe, isolating its…

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    II Germany was separated between four powers: France, America, Britain, and Russia. Germany was then split up into two sides, East and West. France, America, and Britain controlled the west while Russia controlled the east. Berlin was the capital of Germany. Berlin, although in the east, was split as well so that Russia wasn’t the only one controlling the capital. Because of this, the East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall. While many people tried to escape across the Berlin Wall from East…

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    Berlin Wall Dbq

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    The Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the west side of Berlin from the east side of Berlin. The wall was built in 1961, and torn down in 1989 (History.com Staff, 2016). The Berlin Wall was built to keep the fascists of West Berlin out of East Berlin, and to make sure that the fascists had no influence on the socialist state of East Berlin (History.com Staff, 2016). Berlin was in the heart of the portion of Germany controlled by the Soviets, or as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it,…

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    Berlin Wall Research Paper

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    (“Reagan”). Prior to the fall of the wall in 1989, Germany was split into two different parts, one being the West and the other being the East. The Berlin Wall had a significant impact on Germany because the country was not united and it prevented development in the East. The fall of the Berlin wall had a positive effect on Germany by starting the process of unification in the country. Germany was divided into two separate parts after World War ll. The East being under the control of the Soviet…

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    of those nations was Germany. The country had been divided in half; the East Germany was under control of Soviet Russia and the West Germany becoming democratic nation allied with the United States. Due to that division, the city of Berlin was also divided into East Berlin and West Berlin by a wall called “The Berlin Wall”. When President John F. Kennedy arrived in West Berlin, he make a speech offers hope to the city’s residents, who were enclosed by communist East Germany. “There are people…

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    conflict is between East Berlin, which was part of East Germany and West Berlin, which was actually located belonged to West Germany. On a bigger scale this was a conflict between Communism VS. Democracy. Which parties got involved and why? The western nations and the Soviet union only allied together in the second world war to defeat Germany. At the end of the war tensions resumed between the allies. However It was also decided at the end of the war, these countries would occupy Germany.…

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    history took place, known as the Berlin Wall. This blockade was built by the Soviet Union and East Berlin soldiers in order to cease the flow of emigrants into the West. The formulation of the Berlin Wall led to a separation of the people, a fight for freedom in government, a struggle for survival, and a political battle between World War II allies. After World War II, the victors agreed to separate Germany into 4 zones. These zones would be occupied by the United States, Britain, France, and…

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