COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Berlin Wall
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The Deutche Wall
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Iron Curtain
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Communist Bloc
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Detailed explanation-1: -Berlin Wall, German Berliner Mauer, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989.
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 was more than 140 kilometres (87 mi) long. In June 1962, a second, parallel fence, also known as a “hinterland” wall (inner wall), was built some 100 metres (110 yd) farther into East German territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -For the next 28 years, the heavily fortified Berlin Wall stood as the most tangible symbol of the Cold War-a literal “iron curtain” dividing Europe. The end of World War II in 1945 saw Germany divided into four Allied occupation zones.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.