The Berlin Crisis precipitated the construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union. a. True b. False
History · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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b. False
The construction of the Berlin Wall was not precipitated directly by the Berlin Crisis, at least not the initial crisis of 1948-1949 (also known as the Berlin Blockade), but by a series of escalating tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western Allied powers over the status of Berlin. The actual crisis leading directly to the construction of the wall occurred over a decade later, stemming from the broader context of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall was erected by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), with the support of the Soviet Union, starting on August 13, 1961. The primary purpose was to stop the mass emigration and defection of East Germans to West Berlin, which was significantly impacting the East German economy and its political stability.