Germany Cold War
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- Created on: 08-04-19 14:13
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- Germany
- Bizonia
- split up Germany and Berlin into zones. USSR felt threatened by the USAs rebuilding of Germany.
- Reunification
- USA wanted a united capitalist Germany that it could trade with and to stop the spread of communism
- VS
- USSR wanted Germany to be weak and communist so it couldn't attack the Soviets again
- VS
- British and USA zones joined together - BIZONIA
- French later joined forming West Germany
- received Marshal Aid
- Stalin believed the Bizonia was formed to show the richer west and poor east.
- USA wanted a united capitalist Germany that it could trade with and to stop the spread of communism
- Division
- USSR wanted Germany to be weak and communist so it couldn't attack the Soviets again
- 1.5 million troops in its zone. west sent most home.
- Berlin deep in soviet zone. the West Berlin was dependent on the East for food.
- June 1948 soviets closed all travel out of West Berlin. more detail in other bubble...
- Currency Reform
- Berlin Blockade and Airlift
- Formal division of East and West Germany 1949
- Stalin forces to concede defeat and lift blockade after 318 days.
- Airlift - showed Western resistance
- 1.5 million tons of supplies delivered
- Stalin severed links between East and West Berlin
- Stalin stopped all transport links into West Berlin.
- West saw as an attempt to starve into surrender. so supplied west berlin.
- Bizonia
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