Events
German leader Walter Ulbricht declares that there is no intention to build a wallFirst Barrier (wire) erectedFirst death of a crossing citizen inflicted by a guardMikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet UnionUS President Ronald Reagan demands the wall be knocked downHungary breaks the Warsaw Pact, opening Austria's border to East Germans, allowing thousands of East Germans to flee WestDemocracy Demonstration in East Berlin turns out 500,000 protestersdue to a miscommunication, hundreds of thousands of East Germans flood to the wall, overpowering the guards, and allowing them to breach the wallEnd of WW2Gates are officially openedOfficial reunification of GermanyCollapse of the Soviet UnionPeriods
protests against the wall become bolder and more popularCold Warofficial demolition of the wall
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