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Following the defeat of Germany, control of the country was divided amongst the allied countries in a pie-like manner. Germany's capitol, Berlin was divided similarly. Berlin, however, lay within the area of Germany given to Russian control. Thus, the American/British-controlled portions of Berlin were surrounded by Russian-controlled Germany. The Berlin Wall was built by the Russians in the territory they had control over, the US had no means by which to prevent it, short of declaring war on Russia. The wall surrounded the American/British-controlled section.
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∙ 11y agoThey didnt. After ww2 France, England, the US, and russia all got a share( russia got the biggest) of Germany. The east side was controlled by russia and the west by the allies, but the capitol was in the east part. so the allies and the russians spilt the capitol like the country. So there was this little democractic part out in a sea of communism. you just had to cross the street in berlin and you could be free. The russians didnt want this so they built a 10 ft wall to keep their people from escaping into west berlin.
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∙ 16y agoThe U.S. government was NOT involved in any way with the building of the Berlin Wall!
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Who was the president of US when construction of the Berlin wall was started?
JFK.
Why did the US allow the Berlin Wall?
It wasn't worth going to war over the Wall.
Why did the US allow the Berlin Wall to stand?
We didn't want to get involved
Who was US President when the Berlin Wall started construction?
John F. Kennedy was president.
What impact did the construction of the Berlin Wall have on the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union?
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Who was the president of the US during thetime the Berlin wall started construction?
President John F. Kennedy was on the job (August 13, 1961) when the Soviet Union put up the Berlin Wall. He spoke out against it.
After Kennedy authorized a military buildup to show that the US would not be bullied by the soviet union the soviets?
began construction of the Berlin Wall
Who built the wall Berlin?
The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall to block their section (East Berlin) from the US/French/Britishcontrolled sections in West Berlin.It appears that the German Communist Walter Ulbricht, concerned that Germans were escaping from West Germany convinced the Russians to build the wall. The construction of the wall was supervised by the East German (communist) leaderErich Hoeneker.
Why did the guards in east Berlin allow the wall to be torn down?
They didn't have much of a choice: The government decided to end travel restrictions, and with the end of those restrictions the Berlin Wall became to the East Germans as much an atrocity as it was for us in the West.
Who was the president of US when the wall of Berlin falls?
It was george bush
How is the Berlin Wall part of the US policy of containment?
it's not
What impact did Berlin Wall have on US?
They caused hooter girls to be hoes.
