Khrushchev begins building Berlin Wall to keep East Germans in

Category
War
Place
Germany
Date
1961
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Khrushchev insisted the wall was built to prevent spying by the West, but in reality it was designed to stop the exodus of those disaffected with communism." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Category
Cold War (Global)
1945
1991
Wars