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Originally Posted by blankall
The inner German border began to be more and more militarized as soon as it was created. It was about far more than just keeping people out. Both sides deployed nuclear weapons in their respective Germanies. The border was largely open to civilian crossing until 1952, but the military build-up started far earlier than that.
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Militarized sure, but by the 50s be the side wanted no part of fighting each others directly and instead wanted to fight an indirect empire war.
The Berlin Wall wasn't built until the 60s and was related to restricted free movement to the West as things were better there and free movement was sowing discontent in the population and countering USSR propaganda.