aug 13, 1961 - The Berlin Wall
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The government of East Germany began to build a wall separating east and west Berlin. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.
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The Cold War
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