Question

I WILL GIVE BRANLIEST TO FIRST ANSWER! 20 POINTS! The Berlin Wall was built immediately after Berlin was divided by the US and the USSR. Question 15 options: True False

Answer 1

Answer:

False

Explanation:

1. With the end of World War II at the end of 1945, Germany became the scenario of the communism-capitalism conflict. It was divided into West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany (the German Democratic Republic); the first a prosperous democracy of 50 million people and the second a social experiment allied to the Communist Warsaw Pact. And among them a fortified and militarized border.

2. Between 1945 and 1961, about 2.5 million people had escaped in this way, reducing the population of the German Democratic Republic by 15%. And as if that weren't enough for the Communist regime, most of the emigrants were well qualified young people, so the country was losing its best and most educated professionals and specialized workers, which put at risk the viability of a communist state.

3. Sixteen years after the end of the War, on Sunday, August 13, 1961 began the lifting of a concrete wall that would soon be known as the Berlin Wall, a highly guarded and fortified barrier of about 45 kilometers in length that divided Berlin and other 115 kilometers that enclosed West Berlin isolating it from the German Democratic Republic.