WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The event that took place in 1961 was
A
The construction of the Berlin wall.
B
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
C
Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia.
D
The unification of Germany.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Berlin crisis of 1961, Cold War conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States concerning the status of the divided German city of Berlin. It culminated in the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution. The event that took place in 1961 was The construction of the Berlin wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Berlin Wall built? 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: -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. East Berlin citizens were forbidden to pass into West Berlin, and the number of checkpoints in which Westerners could cross the border was drastically reduced.

Detailed explanation-5: -Work began in the early hours of 13 August 1961. The Berlin Wall became the symbol of the Cold War and a tangible manifestation of the world’s separation into two distinct ideological blocs. Map from the era, illustrating Berlin’s division between the Allied forces.

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