COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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It symbolized the division between U.S. and Soviet ideologies.
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It became the focus of a reduction in U.S.-Soviet tensions.
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It hosted a U.S.-Soviet summit meeting intended to unify Germany.
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It served as a place to train U-2 pilots to spy on the Soviet Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The wall, which stood between 1961 to 1989, came to symbolize the ‘Iron Curtain’ – the ideological split between East and West – that existed across Europe and between the two superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union, and their allies, during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the first major international crises of the Cold War period, the Berlin Blockade exposed the deep ideological differences separating East and West. Map of divided Germany and its capital, Berlin, located within the Soviet-occupied zone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Q: What did the Berlin Wall symbolize in Germany and around the world? Professor Harrison: The wall symbolized the lack of freedom under communism. It symbolized the Cold War and divide between the communist Soviet bloc and the western democratic, capitalist bloc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Berlin played a central role in the conflict of the Cold War. In 1949, Berlin became the capital of a regime that would prove to be the “best student” in the Soviet Bloc. The East German leaders struggled to return the city to its pre-war lustre. Reconstruction was very slow.