The Berlin Wall
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
stop trade between East and West Berlin
Because their was a wall down the Middle, separating East Germany and Berlin from West Germany and West Berlin. The East side was supported by the Soviets while the West side was supported by Americans.
Stalin set up a blockade between East and West Berlin in 1948 to try to force the Western Allies to give up control of West Berlin and to prevent the flow of resources and people between the two parts of the city.
The German city of Berlin was known as the divided city. After World War II, Berlin was split into East Berlin and West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall.
it was dividing east berlin and west 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.
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
there location
stop trade between East and West Berlin
stop trade between East and West Berlin
The Berlin Wall enclosed West Berlin, effectively cutting it off from East Berlin and the surrounding East German territory. The enclosure was complete, as the wall surrounded the entire perimeter of West Berlin, preventing free movement between the two sides. This separation was a significant aspect of the Cold War, symbolizing the divide between the communist East and the democratic West.
Two major cities were split in the Cold War between east and west:Berlin -- West occupied by Democratic West Germany and East occupied by Communist East GermanyJerusalem -- West occupied by Israel and East occupied by Jordan
Because their was a wall down the Middle, separating East Germany and Berlin from West Germany and West Berlin. The East side was supported by the Soviets while the West side was supported by Americans.
The Berlin wall separated east and west Berlin
During WW2 I believe that Germany was divided between east and west, thats why they have the Berlin wall.