mostly to keep people inside, but it would have helped to keep opposing troops out.
to hide the failures of communism
Because the three essentials of American policy regarding Berlin were not affected.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin was the city divided by 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.
Berlin wall.
The Berlin Wall no longer exists.NATO had no role in its building, upkeep or policing.
The West German President during and after the building of the Berlin Wall was Theodore Heuss (1949-1959).
The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to force people to remain in the eastern half of Berlin. At the time the wall was built, millions of people had fled East Germany to seek better lives in the west. many of the escaping through Berlin. The wall stopped them and forced them to remain in East Germany.
The citizens of West Berlin were moving to East Berlin, taking jobs away from the East Germans.
to hide the failures of communism
Because the three essentials of American policy regarding Berlin were not affected.
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht, who was the East German dictator in 1961.
because the wall was in the city Berlin
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.