Cold War Crises Analyze how the Kennedy administration responded to the Cold War crises in Berlin.

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Cold War Crises Analyze how the Kennedy administration responded to the Cold War crises in Berlin

Berlin West Berlin full member of Western Alliance East Berlin controlled by Soviet Union American, British, and French forces stationed in West Berlin irritated Soviet Union led to conflict

East Germans flee to West Berlin for economic reasons and freedom June, 1961 – Vienna, Austria: Khrushchev insists west must move out by end of year Kennedy sent more troops to the city

Berlin Wall August 13, 1961 with Soviet backing border between East and West Berlin is closed Wall of concrete blocks with barbed wire built Soviets post armed guards

Berlin wall cuts most communication between two parts of the city Wall symbolized communist oppression

Stretched 28 miles through the middle of Berlin and another 75 miles around West Berlin

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