No at the End of WW2 the Russians Captured Berlin which was the capitol of Germany and under the agreement Berlin was divided up in to 4 parts Russian British French and American Zones
Russian Zone was Known as East Berlin and the rest as west Berlin but it was all Inside the Russian Occupied Zone
Later as only 3 Zones as the French pulled out of their occupied Territories
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
It was build in East Berlin, by the East German government (presumably at the behest of the Soviet Union), on the East Geman side of the border between East and West Berlin. Its purpose was to prevent the escape of East German citizens to West Berlin.
AnswerIt split the city of Berlin which was divided between East and West Germany. They have now reunited as Germany.
The Berlin wall separated east and west Berlin
Germany. From 1949 until 1989, Germany was divided between two countries: West Germany, with a capital in Bonn, and East Germany with a capital in East Berlin.
Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany (1949-1990) by the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall split the capital of Berlin and separated the democrats (West Germany) from the communists (East Germany). It was built by the Soviets, who occupied East Germany, to prevent East Germans from migrating to West Germany and further into Western Europe.
The Berlin wall separated east and west Germany which have now reunited and became Germany.
Berlin. It was divided into West Berlin (capitalist) and East Berlin (communist) by the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989, and East Berlin and West Berlin were formally reuinted in 1990.
The Berlin Wall was built in Germany in August of 1961. The Berlin Wall was built to separate East Germany and East Berlin from West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1990 which allowed for unification of West and East Berlin.
The city of Berlin was divided into four sectors in practice, and really amounted to two sectors in practice... West Berlin was part of West Germany, and was thus supported by NATO. East Berlin was part of East Germay, and was supported by the Warsaw Pact and COMECON countries.
The Berlin Wall surrounded West Berlin. Therefore... Inside the Berlin Wall: West Berlin Outside the Berlin Wall: The two closest cities were Potsdam to the west, and East Berlin to the east.
Not a thing. The East Germans built the Berlin Wall.