FREE THE BERLIN WALL: THE INNER-GERMAN BORDER 1961-89 PDF Gordon Rottman,Chris Taylor | 64 pages | 19 Feb 2008 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781846031939 | English | Oxford, England, United Kingdom Inner German border - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Rottman. Chris Taylor Illustrator. From August 13,over 96 miles of crude fences and more sophisticated walls were erected around West Berlin. Border defenses ran miles from the Baltic to the Czechoslovakian border, cutting villages in two, running through buildings, and interse The Berlin Wall and the Inner-German Border IGB were built to The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 the flow of refugees from East Germany to the West. Border defenses ran miles from the Baltic to the Czechoslovakian border, cutting villages in two, running through buildings, and intersecting roads and railways. Gordon L Rottman, who became familiar with both sides of the border while posted to Germany, examines the international situations that led to the creation of the Berlin Wall, discussing how the barrier systems functioned and their significance in the Cold War. Covering the erection of the barriers, how they evolved, defensive devices and the role of the checkpoints, this book also describes how ordinary people attempted to overcome these physical and political obstacles in their quest for freedom. After 2 years of training we were assigned as the V Corps LRRP company: our mission in the event The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 a Soviet invasion of West Germany was to insert our 21 five-man reconnaissance teams inside East Germany, establish "hides" overlooking autobahns and other highways, and The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 the The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 of the second operational echelon, the follow-on forces behind the initial assault forces. This required us to know a great deal about what it was like inside East Germany. We began an intense study of the IGB, and in the process I was able to visit the border, learn its ways, and find out how to penetrate it. Get A Copy. Paperback64 pages. More Details Original Title. Osprey Fortress Other Editions 8. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 20, Sandra Stiles rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction. I read this book for background information for my book. I got more than I bargained for. It not only gave me vital information on the different generations of the wall but also the life of the soldiers who in the East. Very informational and well worth the read. 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Readers also enjoyed. About Gordon L. Gordon L. Gordon began writing military history books in and is currently a full-time author. He has written 50 books for Osprey. He is married with four children and lives in Cypress, Texas. Other books in the series. Osprey Fortress 1 - 10 of books. Books by Gordon L. Related Articles. Read more Trivia About The Berlin Wall a No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The Berlin Wall and the Intra-German Border by Gordon L. Rottman The Eastern Bloc portrayed the Wall as protecting its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" from building a socialist state in East Germany. The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the " Wall of Shame ", a term coined by mayor Willy Brandt in reference to the Wall's restriction on freedom of movement. Before the Wall's erection, 3. Between andthe Wall prevented almost all such emigration. Ina series of revolutions in nearby Eastern Bloc countries —in Poland and The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 in particular—caused a chain reaction in East Germany that The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 resulted in the demise of the Wall. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, euphoric people and souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the Wall. The demolition of the Wall officially began on 13 June and was completed in November The "fall of the Berlin Wall" paved the way for German reunificationwhich formally took place on 3 October The capital of Berlin, as the seat of the Allied Control Councilwas similarly subdivided into four sectors despite the city's location, which was fully within the Soviet zone. Within two years, political divisions increased between the Soviets and the other occupying powers. These included the Soviets' refusal to agree to reconstruction plans making post-war Germany self-sufficient, and to a detailed accounting of industrial plants, goods and infrastructure—some of which had already been removed by the Soviets. Since the end of the War, the Soviets together with like-minded East Germans created a new Soviet-style regime in the Soviet Zone and later the GDR, on a centrally planned socialist economic model with nationalized means of production, and with repressive police state institutions, under party dictatorship of the SED similar to the party dictatorship of the Soviet Communist Party in the USSR. At the same time, a parallel The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 was established under the strict control of the Western powers in the zones of post-war Germany occupied by them, culminating in the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany in[13] which initially claimed to be the sole legitimate power in all of Germany, East and West. The material standard of life in the Western zones of Berlin began to improve quickly, and residents of the Soviet Zone soon began leaving for the West in large numbers, fleeing hunger, poverty and repression in the Soviet Zone for a better life in the West. Soon residents of other parts of the Soviet Zone began to escape to the West through Berlin, and this migration, called in Germany "Republikflucht", deprived the Soviet Zone not only of working forces desperately needed for post-war reconstruction, but disproportionately highly educated people, which came to be known as the "Brain Drain". Inin response to moves by the Western powers to establish a separate, federal system of government in the Western zones, and to extend the Marshall Plan to Germany, the Soviets instituted the Berlin Blockadepreventing people, food, materials and supplies from arriving in West Berlin by land routes through the Soviet zone. Communists attempted to disrupt the elections ofpreceding large losses therein, [16] whileBerliners demonstrated for the international airlift to continue. However, untilthe Soviets maintained considerable legal control over the GDR state, including the regional governments, through the Sowetische Kontrollkommission and maintained a presence in various East German administrative, military, and secret police structures. East Germany differed from West Germany Federal Republic of Germanywhich developed into a Western capitalist country with a social market economy and a democratic parliamentary government. Continual economic growth starting in the s fueled a year " economic miracle " "Wirtschaftswunder". As West Germany's economy grew, and its standard of living steadily improved, many East Germans wanted to move to West Germany. After the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II, the majority of those living in the newly acquired areas of the Eastern Bloc aspired to independence and wanted the Soviets to leave. By the early s, the Soviet approach to controlling national movement, restricting emigration, was emulated by most of the rest The Berlin Wall: The Inner-German Border 1961-89 the Eastern Blocincluding East Germany. Up untilthe demarcation lines between East Germany and the western occupied zones could be easily crossed in most places. Stalin agreed, calling the situation "intolerable".