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Berlin Crisis 61
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- 1People were leaving Soviet controlled countries to the West via West Berlin. They fled because they were dissatisfied with the economical and political conditionsKhrushchev suggested that 4 powers should leave Berlin. Talks were held but USSR announced an american U2 spy plane had been shot down and talks dissolved
From then on relation soured - 2Brain drain would cripple E.Germany's economy so something had to be done On one day the entire maths department of the uni of Leipzig vanished13/9/61 K closed the border between E+W.Berlin police placed barbed wire around the 50km stretch
as the day progressed a wall was under construction, the following day it was completed - 3Peace was maintained but at a price Families were split up by the wall and strict travel restrictionsFlow of refugees stopped and the economic crisis was slowly evaporating
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- Cambridge IGCSE History (Cold War) Flashcards on Berlin Crisis 61, created by Konrad O'Neill on 29/07/2013.
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