Where we are talking about the events that define Cold War history ultimately one of the most significant was the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a very important time that have caused shifts affecting Europe in the end leading to the collapse of the Cold war. However, one must not lose sight of the fact that the feat of shredding the Berlin Wall did not at all allow the parties to the conflict with the corresponding name to leave in 1989. Now, it is time to analyse numerous factors and linear developments which comprised the relations during the period of active geopolitical rivalry.

The Cold War: Background and Context

Cold War was a state of sever ideological, political, economic and military hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union. It spanned over a period from the mid-1940’s right up to early nineties. The two superpowers wanted to establish their political and economical dominance throughout the world and vie for the world’s hearts and minds.

DIVIDING BERLIN The Construction of the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was built in August 9, 1961 by East Germany, also known as the German Democratic Republic, in order to divide the Soviet controlled East Berlin and the western controlled West Berlin. The wall acted as a representation of the most despised ideologies of communism and its opposite, that is, capitalism; and as a representation of the broad contestation that was the Cold War.

The Berlin Wall: It’s Importance

Ala political barrier that was represented by the Berlin Wall, for instance, hindered freedom of movement of East Germans to the West. It successfully put the East German people behind a curtain of gloom and deprivations from which they could not view the prosperity and freedom of the people in West. The wall was well protected with supreme measures and strict rules and higher risks against those who tried to cross the wall.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

The collapse of the Berlin Wall is reckoned one of the key events in the Cold War. This one happened on November the 9 ^{th} 1989 when an official of the East Germany government by mistake announced to the public the opening of the border crossing points. All of a sudden, ten thousands of east and west berliners assembled at the wall; some of them rejoicing; many of them dismantling the divide brick by brick. The infamous Wall broke and that was the start to a series of events that led to the blame and end of the Cold War.

Signs that led to the close of the Cold War part 1

1. Perestroika and Glasnost

In the 1980s, the heads of the Soviet were Mikhail Gorbachev who initiated processes of perestroika and glasnost. These political changes intended to bring efficiency in USSR economy and political structure and subsequently introduce more freedom in political affairs. This has been the case since there was change of leadership and policy direction that led to relaxing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

2. Economic Issues of the USSR

The Soviet union was plagued with economical difficulties some of which include: low economic growth rates, inefficiency and lack of materials. These issues, accompanied with the burden of military expansion affected Soviet unions capability to bargain with the west. This work shows that economic issues are the major sources of the perception of the Cold War at some time or the other and contributed greatly to the end of this war.

3. Revolutions in Eastern Europe

In the year 1989 there was series of revolutions in Europe’s eastern part which saw the end of communism. Poland, Hungary, the Czechs and Slovaks established democratic forms of government which gradually reduced Soviet domination in the region. These liberation movements received a boost from the fall of the Berlin Wall, and even more significantly, the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The End of the Cold War

The end of the Cold War, some people said, can be dated back to the dissolution of USSR. December 1991 saw the with the break up of the Soviet Union that put an end to the communism and the cold war. This was possible due to internal pressures, which within the Soviet Union and external pressure arising from the change in international system.

Conclusion

Although the fall of the Berlin Wall can be seen as a turning point in the unfolding of Cold War it is important to recognize that it was not the primary cause of the war’s conclusion. Breaking the wall signified change, transformation and increasing positive actions for change. It triggered a chain of political changes,.STATUS: economical crises,REVOLUTION; AND OTHER CHANGES IN EASTERN EUROPE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE END OF THE COLD WAR. Through appreciating the issues, causes, and effects, one can see the importance of the destruction of the Berlin as the end of the Cold War.