Berlin Crisis of 1961 (jun 4, 1961 – nov 9, 1961)
Description:
-Khrushchev issued an ultimatum: all armed forces must be withdrawn from Berlin-Walter Ulbricht ordered the closing of the border and a construction of a wall around Berlin (the Berlin Wall)
-There was a standoff between American and Soviet tanks at Checkpoint Charlie
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Date:
jun 4, 1961
nov 9, 1961
~ 5 months and 8 days