Building of the Berlin Wall
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Communism, Communists, Cold War, Asylum, Refugees
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin, East Germany
- Date: August 13, 1961
Article abstract: The building of the Berlin Wall precipitates an international crisis between East Germany and the West.
Summary of Event
From the time the military occupation zones had been agreed upon at the Yalta Conference (February, 1944) and Potsdam Conference (July-August, 1945), the status of Berlin had been a bone of contention between the victorious powers of the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and Britain.
At these conferences, as well as at the London meeting of the Allied foreign ministers in 1944, it was agreed that Germany...
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