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Seperation Of Berlin
The separation of Berlin began in 1945 after the collapse of Germany as a result of WW2. The country was divided into four zones, where each superpower America,France and Russia were given a sector. this began 4 years after the cold war began -
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Politics
West berlin wanted to revive the german economy and merge the other three zones and because of this the soviets dispised the west and began a larger feud -
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The Cold War
The Cold War (1947 - 1991) was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies), and the Soviet Union (the USSR and its allies) between the end of World War II and the demise of the Soviet Union. -
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The Crossings
West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic west and this was the boiling point to a political argument that had gone on too long -
Berlin Physically Divided
The east built a wall to stop their citizens from fleeing to the west and it was erected over night so it was not expected this then caused Berlin to become east communist and west democratic. this would soon prove to be a bad choice -
2nd Wall
After the construction of the first wall. The government realised that people were still getting through to west germany so a second wall was built. This wall was much stronger then the last one and made almost entirely out of concrete unlike the previous one made of brick and barbed wire -
Visits From West To East Allowed
After 7 rounds of negotiations between the Senate of Berlin and the East German authorities, an agreement is signed allowing West Berliners to visit their relatives in East Berlin on a limited basis. -
3rd Wall
A new Wall generation, the third, is introduced to replace the old construction, This wall was built more compact and had a round 40 meter concrete tube to make it harder to climb over -
Ronald Reagan Calls Out The Germans
On the 12 of June 1987 Ronald Reagan became the second american president to visit Berlin other then J.F.K. Reagan delivered a speech where he called upon the German governments to tear down the Berlin wall. little did he know that 2 years and 4 months and 28 days later that wall would be torn down -
Collapse Of The Berlin Wall
After 28 years of being divided by a Concrete wall, The East German government announced that visits in West Germany and West Berlin will be permitted. after this people began crossing the wall and destroying it. After its destruction the previous 4 sectors were removed causing a united Germany for the first time since WW2 -
Fall Of Eastern Government
Approximately one million east germans gather in the town square to attend a pro democratic demonstration and within a matter of days the east german government resign due to the united germany and loss of residents due to fleeing