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Frederick Taylor

The Berlin Wall

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  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    Founded in September 1946, after the Soviets refused to relinquish unilateral control of ‘Radio-Berlin’, RIAS was controlled by the United States Information Agency.
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    American slang, films and music became wildly popular.
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    British and American pilots became celebrities.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    Just after midnight on 24 June 1948, the Berlin Blockade had begun.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    The British and Americans had already created ‘Bizonia’, a free-trade area in their two zones.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    Marshall, announced a comprehensive system of recovery aid for Europe.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    In June 1947, after a harsh winter brought Europe to its knees, President Truman’s new Secretary of State, General George C.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    History would call it the ‘Marshall Plan’.
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    Its official title was the European Recovery Plan (ERP).
  • Gloria Nanfukahas quoted6 years ago
    The Russians…began to ‘take out’ political and human-rights activists who opposed them. It was all over in seconds. A car screeched to a sudden halt, hefty men jumped out, grabbed their victim, bundled him into their vehicle and, before those who witnessed it could even begin to comprehend what had happened, they were racing off in the direction of the Soviet sector.30
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