Soviets take BerlinThe outcome of the battle in Berlin was decided during the initial phases of the Battle of Berlin that took place outside the city. As the Soviets invested Berlin and the German forces placed to stop them were destroyed or forced back, the city's fate was sealed. Nevertheless, there was much heavy fighting within the city of Berlin as the Red Army fought its way, street by street, through to the center of the city.
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East/West GermanyAt the end of WWII, the Allies invaded Germany. The Soviets came from the East, and invaded up to the Oder-Neisse Line. The Americans, French, and British came thus far from the West. After the War, this Western part of Germany went to the Americans, French, and British. They divided up their share of Germany into their own sections.
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East/West BerlinEast Berlin was Communist. West Berlin was free and democratic.
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Berlin BlockadeThe Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block Allied access to the German city of Berlin in 1948 and 1949. Ultimately, the blockade turned out to be a total political failure for the Soviet Union, and the West managed to turn it into a major victory.
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Berlin AirliftThe Berlin Airlift was a very smart solution to the Berlin Blockade. It was an airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin (Berlin Blockade).
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Berlin WallThe building of the Berlin Wall, and all the Berlin Wall symbolized seemed to sum up what the Cold War represented to many - basically, a clash between good and evil. The Berlin Wall was to attract the attention of a young American president - J F Kennedy - who was to visit the Wall and who was to find his place in History with the part he played in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
It was put up to keep all the people from moving to West Berlin. |