Berlin WALL Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
A
This was a flashpoint: This was when a US diplomat was refused access to East Berlin. Hence, they were accompanied by soldiers. Soviet tanks were also blocking the checkpoint. The slightest action from either troops could have started a war
2
Q
When was the Beflin Wall created?
A
August 1961
3
Q
Why was the Berlin Wall created?
A
- around 3 million people had defected to West Berlin
- to prevent espionage
4
Q
What was the impact of Berlin Wall on Germans?
A
- Berlin still divide
- families divided
- 12 pensioners try to escape by creating a tunnel
5
Q
Impact of Berlin Wall on USA?
A
- made West seem a place of freedom
- showed how America did not have full control over the USSR
6
Q
Impact of Berlin Wall on USSR?
A
- propaganda disaster - force need to contain people in Communism
- people did stop defecting into West Germany
- showed visible division between East and West (links to Iron Curtain)
