Berlin wall

• Who controlled east berlin

  USSR
• What was west Berlin seen as and what ideology did it follow

  An island of capitalism behind the iron curtain

  The ussr saw it as an embarrassment however the west saw it as a symbol of victory and strategic
• How did people live on each side of berlin and what did people want to do

  West berlin - freedom

  East berlin - controlled

  east berlin people wanted to leave so by 1961 thousands were crossing everyday
• What did the thousands of people crossing a day lead too

  East Berlin closed the border on 13th august 1961 and stopped anyone crossing
• what were the stages of blocking off the border ?

  1 - barbed wired fencing and trains were stopped

  2 - a week later the fence was replaced by a concrete wall that would remain for almost 30 years
• what was the actual reason for a wall

  To stop western spies from entering soviet territory, but it was to actually stop educated people leave and stop people seeing what life was like on the other side
• what date did soviet tanks pull up to checkpoint charlie

  27th october
• when was the wall taken down

  1989