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Number of people who escaped to the west through Berlin.

2.7 million

How long did the Berlin blockade last?

11 months

When was the Berlin Wall built?

August 1961

When did the Berlin Wall "fall"?

1993

1989

1987

1968

What was described as "a capitalist island in a communist sea"

East Berlin

West Germany

East Germany

West Berlin

How far inside East Germany was Berlin?

100 miles

Reason USSR gave for building the Berlin Wall.

West were using Berlin as a spy center

What was the name of the checkpoint between East and West Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie

Soviet leader who built the wall.

Stalin

Brezhnev

Gorbachev

Khrushchev

Which nations controlled zones in post-war Germany.

France, Britain USA and USSR

Who said "Ich bine ein Berliner" at the Berlin Wall in 1963?

John F Kennedy

When did the Berlin blockade begin?

June 1948

Name of German currency introduced in 1948 in West Germany.

Deutschmark

How many zones was Germany split into in 1945?

4

Which of these was the official name for soviet controlled East Germany after 1949?

German Federal Republic

German People's Republic

German Democratic Republic

German Socialist Republic

The reason Stalin gave for closing access to West Berlin.

"Technical Difficulties"

Who's kissing Brezhnev

Eric Honeker (Last communist leader of East Germany)

Organisation set up at the end of the Berlin blockade.

Warsaw Pact

European Union

Comecon

Nato

What was the name of the airport in West Berlin?

Templehoff

Number of airmen killed during Berlin Blockade.

101

Who said "Mr Gorbanchev, tear down this wall" at the Berlin Wall in 1987s

Ronald Reagan

Total tonnes of supplies flown in to Berlin during the Berlin Blockade.

2 million