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
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