History of Berlin Wall
At the end of WW11, Germany's capital Berlin, divided it into 2 zones and split it into half communist half democracy. In 1949, the Soviet Union combined to form East Germany and the United States, Great Britain, and France combined to form West Germany. In Germany the economic system that was set up their was Democracy. The conditions was great and had great economy and was free. However in East Germany it was communist and had bad living conditions where people weren't happy or getting needs and they wanted to move to West Germany.
By the late 1950's the citizens of East Germany were jumping to West Germany. This caused people in East Germany lose 2.5 million people to West Germany by 1961. On the night of August 12th-13th,1961 the East Germans soldiers made a blockade with 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. The Berlin Wall stretched a couple hundred miles cutting off all of West Berlin. that was first constructed of barbed wire fences and concrete posts. The final construction of the Berlin Wall or the fourth version was concrete slap that was 12 feet tall. The ones who constructed the Berlin Wall was a communist government East of Germany. Some attempts of escapes of the East Germans were digging tunnels, scaling the wall, and ramming trucks into the wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall was due to the communist East Germans Government was weakening and people started beginning chipping away at the wall after the government announced free boarders.
By the late 1950's the citizens of East Germany were jumping to West Germany. This caused people in East Germany lose 2.5 million people to West Germany by 1961. On the night of August 12th-13th,1961 the East Germans soldiers made a blockade with 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. The Berlin Wall stretched a couple hundred miles cutting off all of West Berlin. that was first constructed of barbed wire fences and concrete posts. The final construction of the Berlin Wall or the fourth version was concrete slap that was 12 feet tall. The ones who constructed the Berlin Wall was a communist government East of Germany. Some attempts of escapes of the East Germans were digging tunnels, scaling the wall, and ramming trucks into the wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall was due to the communist East Germans Government was weakening and people started beginning chipping away at the wall after the government announced free boarders.