THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Iron Curtain
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Bay of Pigs
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Berlin Wall
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Great Wall of China
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Detailed explanation-1: -That night, Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to stop the flow of emigrants by closing its border for good.
Detailed explanation-2: -On November 10, 1958, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States, Great Britain and France pull their forces out of West Berlin within six months.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies.
Detailed explanation-4: -In November 1958, Khrushchev issued an ultimatum giving the Western Powers six months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city.
Detailed explanation-5: -To halt the exodus to the West, Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev recommended to East Germany that it close off access between East and West Berlin. On the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin.