• A_Drusas@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    One thing I never hear anyone say, but… It just blows my mind that they could separate a city with a wall. I’m sure soldiers with guns were a big part of it, but still. It just seems so unrealistic.

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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      18 days ago

      Soldiers on watchtowers with machineguns, a wall, and a nice, empty kill-zone in-between the two halves of the city.

      Also, West Berlin was surrounded by East Germany, entirely.

      Much easier to isolate in that context.