USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the structure separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West.
A
Berlin Wall
B
The Deutche Wall
C
Iron Curtain
D
Communist Bloc
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At first barbed wire was used to separate East from West Berlin, but over time this was replaced by concrete slabs and a deadly no man’s land that became known as the Berlin Wall.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Berlin Wall: 1961-1989 The construction of the Berlin Wall did stop the flood of refugees from East to West, and it did defuse the crisis over Berlin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ] ( listen)) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August 1961.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on August 13, 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Berlin Wall, built in 1961, physically separated West Berlin from its East Berlin and East German surroundings until it fell in 1989.

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