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Berlin Wall
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IGCSE World History (6)How secure was the USSR'S control over Eastern Europe?) Mind Map on Berlin Wall, created by Hamza Redzuan on 21/04/2017.
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berlin
east germany
cold war
world war 2
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6)how secure was the ussr's control over eastern europe?
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Hamza Redzuan
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Berlin Wall
WHAT was it?
After WWII, Berlin split into 4 zones
constructed to seal East Berlin from the West
constructed 13th August 1961
all crossing points sealed except one (Checkpoint Charlie)
aim to prevent ppl moving from East to West
WHY were ppl leaving East Berlin and the consequences
Socially
those who left were young and educated
communist party in E.Germany feared a 'brain drain'
Economically
E.Germany lost many skilled workers
1960, 61% of population was of working age. 70% b4 the war
engineers, technicians, teachers, lawyers etc all left
Politically
mass numbers leaving made communist regime seem unpopular
considered -ve propaganda as they competed with capitalist West
Quality of life in the West was better//Suffered a communist system under after establishment of Soviet Union control
WHAT were the IMMEDIATE consequences
Flow of people from East to West stopped
Berlin became a focus of the Cold War
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