So much so that the Soviet Union would often play the role of mischief maker in Germany. In 1948 the USSR began a blockade on West Berlin in the hopes of driving out the Western influences. However. due to the ingenious Berlin Airlift. the blockade was called off the following year. Following a decade of relative calm. the Soviet Union was once again up to no good. They were embarrassed by the steady flow of refugees from the Communist East into the Capitalist West part of Germany. In the first 11 days of August in 1961. 16.000 East Germans fled to West Germany. On August 12th alone. 2.400 people defected.
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