West Berlin

countries except the Soviet Union combined their zones, to create the West Germany. The Soviet Union, soon after, created the East Germany. The Allies did the same with Berlin, and created the East and the West Berlin. And on the night of August 13, in 1961, was made the border between the East and the West Berlin. The Berlin Wall had been constructed. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic. During the 1961, Berlin Wall continued to grow in size and scope. It was upgrading with…

Challenging the leader of the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan issued a statement on June 12, 1987. He arrived to the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin with a challenge: to tear down the Berlin Wall and rally citizens to oppose the wall and accept democracy, “Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” There was no doubt that Reagan was a world leader and his word was very impactful. With his weighted word as President of the United States,…

Union, Germany might have still been divided. A Wall might have still existed in Berlin. The Cold War would have continued to get worse and bring diplomatic conflict, and nations that had always been allies, might have been enemies. I believe that Mikhail Gorbachev is a hero because he brought change to Communist Europe. He stopped the nationally dangerous Cuban Missile Crisis, and most importantly, he brought the Berlin Wall down. Mikhail Gorbachev’s…

former President Ronald Reagan gave one of his famous speeches, “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate.” On a superficial level, Reagan uses the speech to petition to the Soviet Union for peace, nuclear and chemical arms reduction, and the demolition of the Berlin Wall. He also highlights the progress and prosperity that have arisen in the western world since the division between communism and democracy was established. Beyond the surface, Reagan subtly disparages communism while simultaneously…

harmony between East and West Germany. The wall separated the Soviets and the Western Alliance from the control of Germany. The Berlin Wall separated all of Europe from West Germany. Regan took a brave stance to fight for freedom in Germany. Freedom without the separation of the country. Regan says in the speech “Es gibt nur ein Berlin.”, Eastern Europe could not become free as long as they were under the Soviet Union’s control. There is only one Berlin. The tearing down of the Berlin Wall was a…

divided Germany into East and West. Communism and the Soviet Union claimed the East, while the West allied itself with the United States, England, and France. In August of 1961 the Soviet Union started construction on a barrier to halt a mass emigration from East to West Germany. The barrier would become known as The Berlin Wall. It was a large concrete barrier that divided Germany physically and ideologically. Four united states presidents have visited Berlin while the Berlin Wall divided the…

Reagan in West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate delivered this speech. The purpose of this speech was to let the leader of the Soviet Union, which was Gorbachev, to tear down the wall, which separated East Berlin from West Berlin, causing division between both provinces. Even though Reagan made it very clear that he would like the wall to be torn down by Gorbachev, it is…

Greg Castillo’s article examines how the United States used displays of lavish and modern consumerism, as an effective tool in the fight against communism. The thesis of the article is that the desire for consumer goods is, at least, partially responsible for causing unrest in the Eastern Bloc and exposed how different the Soviet’s communist tenets were from what humans’ desire. In the introduction of Greg’s article, he speaks of a fictitious account published in 1951 by sociologist David…

the Berlin Blockade, The U.S Airlift, and the reason why the U.S, specifically Harry Truman decided to stay in West Berlin. The main argument or ideas of Larson’s article, are that many people believed that after the Soviet Blockade the U.S would no longer stay in West Berlin, due to West Berlin’s recently established government. Also, Larson claims that the U.S was hesitant to stay in West Berlin as a result of the Soviets large army that surrounded the borders, and the remoteness of Berlin.…

examples of communism is the Berlin Wall. Communism changed the country of Germany; East Germans directly experienced the confinement of a communistic government. By the building of the Berlin Wall, there was an increase in violence and cultural unrest. Around the world, people protested the Berlin Wall. Finally, the protest was heard and Germans began to tear down the wall that separated a democratic country from a communistic country. Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was…