The History of the Berlin Wall

On August 12, 1961, code name Wall of China, from the orders of Nikita Khrushchev, but spoken by what some call puppet leader, Walter Ulbricht. Some people say he wasn't so much a puppet, and it was his idea. And when people wake up all over the world, they're going to be surprised to see about five miles of wall through central Berlin. "Everyone was surprised, including President Kennedy, he was like, a wall? Right"