The part of the capital city of Berlin that was under control of the Americans, Brits and French after World War II.
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
The Berlin wall separated east and west Berlin
West Berlin was created in 1949.
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.
Stalin was determined to capture West Berlin and gain concessions from the West
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
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.
To isolate East Berlin from West Berlin
they flew it in to west Berlin