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Berlin Wall — OCR GCSE History A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE History · key term

Berlin Wall

Definition

A guarded border barrier erected by East German authorities, with Soviet backing, from August 1961 to prevent people escaping through West Berlin.

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OCR GCSE History A · J410

Paper 1

Revise: The Berlin Crises and Military Alliances

OCR History A past papers

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