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To keep the professional people like doctors and engineers who lived in East Germany from defecting.
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What are the causes of the Berlin Lift?
The cause of the Berlin Airlift was people kept migrating out of communist East Germany, so the Soviets built a wall there to keep them in. The US flew over the wall and air dropped food and medical aid to the people that needed it on the other side of the wall.
What are the two terms used to describe the dividing line between eastern and western communist and non-Communist areas?
The Berlin Wall and the Iron curtain, its right. :)
In what war was the Berlin Wall built?
It wasn't built during a war, it was after World War II.
What humanbeings were involved in the Berlin airlift?
US Airmen flew the missions to drop supplies over the Berlin Wall.
What physical division was the symbol of the cold war?
The Berlin Wall
What reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to?
does anyone know???
What was the real reason the wall was needed?
To keep the professional people like doctors and engineers who lived in East Germany from defecting.
Why is the Berlin wall called the Berlin wall?
because the wall was in the city Berlin
Did the citizens of East Berlin knock down the Berlin Wall?
Parts of it, but most of it was torn down by West Berlin excavation companies who had the machines needed to do it right.
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 is the wall in Berlin called?
Berlin Wall
What did the west Germans call the Berlin Wall?
They called the Berlin Wall "The Wall of Shame."
What was built in 1961 to stop the exodus from East Berlin to West Berlin?
The Berlin wall
What two countries are separated by the Berlin Wall?
This was, of course, Germany. Berlin is the capital of German. The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1861. The official reason for its construction was to prevent the influence of the "fascists" from the West entering East Germany and undermining the socialist fabric of the state. In reality, the wall was there to stop mass defections to the West. The Wall was broken down in November 1989.
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 cities were on either side of the Berlin Wall?
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.
