Direct Conflicts with Germany

There were two major conflicts with Germany. There was the Berlin Crisis (there's a lot of crisiss' in the Cold War), and the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Crisis happened in 1961. Berlin was a city in turmoil. Almost 3 million East Germans fled into West Berlin because it was free of Communism. The economy in East Germany was also suffering because of so many people leaving. Nikita Khrushchev knew something had to be done. At a meeting in Vienna, Austria, he threatened to sign a treaty with East Germany that would let the country close down all roads leading to West Berlin. Kennedy refused. Khrushchev said "I want peace, but if you want war, that is your problem." Kennedy's determination and the United State's large nuclear striking power prevented Khrushchev from closing all the air and land ways between West Berlin and West Germany. He surprised everyone by building the Berlin Wall. It separated East Germany from West Germany.

The Berlin Wall ended the Berlin Crisis but furthered the Cold War tensions.

East and West Germany