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We can argue about semantics all day long, but the simple fact is, command economies with no substantive foreign trade are unsustainable, and that's the kind of economy they had in all the countries of the Warsaw Pact. Eventually those countries all either dissolved (East Germany, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia) or moved intact to market-based economies (Poland, Romania, Hungary).
As to the destruction of the Wall...after the East Germans opened their borders, it became unnecessary to maintain this symbol of oppression, so they took it down.
What else can I help you with?
What event helped unite East and West Germany?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
What cities were divided by the Berlin Wall?
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.
What about the Berlin wall?
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.
What event led to a reunited Germany?
The fall of the Berlin wall -APEX
What was the concrete wall that divided west Berlin and east Berlin?
It was known as the Berlin Wall and divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
What year was the dismantling of the Berlin Wall?
1989 .
What wall did mikhail gorbachev take down?
Mikhail Gorbachev did not take down any physical wall. However, he played a significant role in the dismantling of the symbolic Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) allowed for a more open political climate, leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
What are so important fact about the dismantling the Berlin Wall?
The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Iron Curtain. When it came down, the free world won the cold war; the communists lost the cold war. They lost the "staring contest...they blinked first."
What impact did Berlin Wall have on US?
They caused hooter girls to be hoes.
When did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
In Bernauer Straße, Berlin, the East German military started the official dismantling of the Wall on the 13th of June 1990. It took until the 9th of November 1991 to complete the destruction . A few watchtowers and small pieces of the wall were left as memorials. (: x
IN this Reagan quote the wall to which the President refers is located in the city of?
In the quote, President Reagan refers to the Berlin Wall, which was located in the city of Berlin, Germany. The wall was a symbol of the Cold War, dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 until its fall in 1989. Reagan's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate called for its dismantling, emphasizing the need for freedom and the end of oppressive regimes.
Why is the Berlin wall called the Berlin wall?
because the wall was in the city Berlin
What caused the Berlin Wall?
A big taco and some people say a 5$ footlong
What event helped unite East and West Germany?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
What cities were divided by the Berlin Wall?
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.
What did the west Germans call the Berlin Wall?
They called the Berlin Wall "The Wall of Shame."
What is the wall in Berlin called?
Berlin Wall
