Berlin wall

• The Berlin Wall in 1961
• What did Khrushchev do to tackle his concerns?

  1. Khrushchev delivered his first Berlin Ultimatum

  2. The Paris Summit was cancelled

  3. Kennedy refused to withdraw western forces from Berlin

  4. An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR
• Reasons Khrushchev was concerned about Berlin in 1958


  • West Berlin was a symbol of capitalist prosperity in the heart of communist Eastern Europe
  • Millions of East Germans were migrating to the West through West Berlin
• Khrushchev issued the Berlin Ultimatum in November 1958
• The Paris Summit was cancelled in May 1960
• An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR in May 1960
• Kennedy refused to withdraw western forces from Berlin
• The Berlin Wall construction began in August 1961
• Berlin Wall


  Constructed in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
• Berlin Crisis in the years 1958-1961
• Berlin Crisis narrative account

  1. 1958 - 3 million East Germans moved West

  2. East German economy suffered

  3. 1958 - Berlin Ultimatum

  4. 1960 - U-2 spy plane

  5. 1960 - Paris Summit cancelled

  6. 1961 - Vienna Summit

  7. East Germans could not leave

  8. Berlin Wall built

  9. Separated from friends and family