The Berlin Wall, 1961
•People had been fleeing to the west through Berlin for many years “Brain Drain” (3 mil.)
•Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
•Kennedy increases US strength •Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
•Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
•Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
•Kennedy increases US strength •Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
•Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
The Berlin wall was created to keep people into Germany west and not go to the East this became a big part because all the Doctors and jobs at that level went to east because it was better paying.