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On this day in 1968, East German dictator Walter Ulbricht was overthrown by dissident Volksarmee officers who held him responsible for the nuclear devastation inflicted on East Germany by British missile strikes against Soviet bases in that country during the Anglo-Soviet nuclear conflict. | |
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The overthrow of Ulbricht was the start of a chain reaction of political and social upheavals that would eventually climax with the breakup of the Warsaw Pact. |
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