Why Berlin Wall Fell

Have you ever wondered what all happened in Berlin during the Cold war? Well in my paper I am going to explain all about Berlin and what happened there. The first thing I wanna cover is the sides and what they believed in. There were two sides to Berlin the West and the East. The East was controlled by the USSR and was a Communist state. The west was Actually divided among 3 countries the U.S. , Britain, & France. They decided to join together because they all believed in Democracy which then made the west side of Berlin. These two different ways of thinking caused a rift between the former victors of WWII and led to the start of the Cold War. The next thing I wanna cover about the Berlin Wall is why it was created , by who, and the security on it. The Berlin wall was put up on August the 13, 1961 by the Communist side to keep their people from fleeing to the democratic side and escaping Communist rule. It was also used to block off trade from one half to the other to hopefully boot the Allies out of
The wall fell because of one main reason, to end the Cold war. It was actually very effective to bring a close to the end of the Cold war for the act of bringing down the wall actually brought more trust among the Allies and USSR. When the order to let free travel among the wall at midnight was given people everywhere across Berlin were joyous. Thousands of people everywhere were drinking and cheering tear down the wall. Then on November 9, 1989 the Berlin wall was over. Thousands of people rushed through the checkpoints some even picked up pickaxes and other tools and started tearing down the wall itself. Tommy actually told me a story about how during the fall of the wall some of his friends got in a tank and ran it down so they could use the pieces as souvenirs. Not to long after the fall of the wall Germany became it's own country again in 1991 when it signed the “Treaty on the final settlement with respect to