West Berlin

Germany was split into two separate parts and not only was the country separated but so was Berlin. Berlin Germany was separated into East and West Berlin. East being the cruel communistic state and West Berlin being a Democratic state. Otherwise known as “the loophole”, West Berlin was an escape from communism. Many people decided that communism wasn’t for them and starting pouring over into West Berlin. This angered the Soviet Union because Communism allowed everything to be controlled by the Government

In contrast to the desolate picture life in East Berlin painted, the economy of West Germany, which also included West Berlin, was rebounding and becoming quite strong. West Berlin’s businesses were booming, and their industry products were readily and rapidly bought by its resident who were eager to obtain the products and goods they had so long been deprived of previously, as a result of World War II.10 This new and heightening demand for goods pushed wages up quickly, and many new jobs were created

26th of June 1963, United States president John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to the citizens of West Berlin. The aim of this speech was to assert the United States’ support for West Germany and to boost the morale of its citizens. Kennedy’s words “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” have since become the title of his infamous speech. This speech provides insight into the relationship between the United States and West Germany and this will be explored in this response. This response will also analyse the usefulness

separating East and West Berlin was built. It prevented people from the Soviet zone of Berlin to go to the American, French, and British controlled-part of Berlin (after World War II, the capital of Germany was divided into territories for Allied Powers). The wall showed how both sides had different economies, different cultural beliefs, contrasting political views. Also, the wall separated families from each other for years until the wall was taken down on November 9, 1989. The Berlin Wall symbolized

After 28 long years of separation, the border between East Germany and West Germany finally opened on November 9, as an announcement was made by the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party which permitted citizens to cross between the two countries. Over 2 million East Berliners participated in the destruction of the Berlin Wall, as a celebration of the end of the long-lasting division (Berlin Wall). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) could not match the United States and NATO

The Berlin wall had a highly significant impact on the economic, social and political relations between West and East Europe. It stood from 1961-1989 as a physical reminder of that divide, a daily reminder of the divide that still influences the nation today, and a physical barrier in which 138 East Germans died trying to cross. So dire was the Berlin Wall that Heinrich Albertz, an aide to West Berlin Mayor, compared it to as if; “They are cutting up a city, cutting into living flesh without anesthesia”

As a consequence of Germany losing World War II, the countries victorious of the war divided Germany into four sectors. Those victorious countries, which were: France, United States, Britain, and Russia also divided the capital of Germany Berlin. The war left poor relations between allies and soviets, two political ideals were created, two currencies, and at the end, it left two Germany’s totally contrasting one another. By the year 1949, the Western sector was renamed the Federal Republic of Germany

persuaded to stay in berlin and the air lift plane was made and it was not going to plan so he said hired someone to fly the panel the same altos and same speed and once chance to land and with this plan the russia gave up on the blockade in 12 months. By the spring of 1949, the airlift was clearly succeeding, and by April it was delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade served

Forged the Free University of West Berlin The year was 1948, and the Soviets were holding control of West Berlin with a strategic blockade (Granieri 1035). Since the Soviets had full control of East Germany, establishing themselves as a powerhouse was a priority. However, the United States had another idea in mind, one that did not include giving up their West Berlin territory. A new initiative was underway, an operation to get supplies from the United States to West Berlin (Granieri 1035). Actions taken

the French, Americans, English and Soviets. This division also occurred within the city of Berlin. In 1949, the Allied territories banded together in opposition to the Soviets, eventually giving rise to two radically separate countries with contrasting political