COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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To keep people from escaping to West Germany
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To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany
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As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many East Germans did not want to live in a communist country and crossed into West Berlin, where they could either settle or find transportation to West Germany and beyond. By 1961, four million East Germans had moved west.