How Long Behind The Berlin Wall Essay
Table of Contents
A. Planning of Investigation 2
B. Summary of Evidence 3
C. Evaluation of Sources 7
D. Analysis 9
E. Conclusion 11
F. Bibliography 12
Section A: Planning of the Investigation
The Berlin Wall was the result of both economic
1 and political bankruptcy of East Germany (GDR2) as a state, right after the Second Berlin Crisis, 1958-61. This investigation focuses on why the wall was constructed and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) motives behind it. In particular focusing on the Soviet-American relations before 1961, the incidents they were involved in, the blockade and the Berlin Crisis. These events are the core of the building of the Wall, and can so reveal what might have triggered the Soviet leader, …show more content…
“Kennedy refused to make concessions on Berlin or Germany, but was still determined to ‘contain communism’. He also implied that he wouldn’t hesitate to use nuclear power.”30
If West didn’t accept the ultimatum, East would cut them off completely and traveling between the two states would only be allowed with permission of the East German government
“June 1961, Khrushchev gave provisional permission for Ulbricht to begin preparations for physically dividing Berlin.”31
13 August 1961, the city was being divided by barbed wire fence, which then later became an 8ft. tall wall.32
Pictures of people jumping over the barbed wire fence were used as propaganda by West
A. Planning of Investigation 2
B. Summary of Evidence 3
C. Evaluation of Sources 7
D. Analysis 9
E. Conclusion 11
F. Bibliography 12
Section A: Planning of the Investigation
The Berlin Wall was the result of both economic
1 and political bankruptcy of East Germany (GDR2) as a state, right after the Second Berlin Crisis, 1958-61. This investigation focuses on why the wall was constructed and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) motives behind it. In particular focusing on the Soviet-American relations before 1961, the incidents they were involved in, the blockade and the Berlin Crisis. These events are the core of the building of the Wall, and can so reveal what might have triggered the Soviet leader, …show more content…
“Kennedy refused to make concessions on Berlin or Germany, but was still determined to ‘contain communism’. He also implied that he wouldn’t hesitate to use nuclear power.”30
If West didn’t accept the ultimatum, East would cut them off completely and traveling between the two states would only be allowed with permission of the East German government
“June 1961, Khrushchev gave provisional permission for Ulbricht to begin preparations for physically dividing Berlin.”31
13 August 1961, the city was being divided by barbed wire fence, which then later became an 8ft. tall wall.32
Pictures of people jumping over the barbed wire fence were used as propaganda by West