The Role of Developments in Germany in Increasing Tension Between the East and West
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- The Role of Developments in Germany in Increasing Tensions
- Attitudes to Germany
- the general view over time was that Germans were also a victim of Nazism
- it was seen as necessary to have cooperation with West Germany after the peaceful development of economic and political life
- Fear of Communism
- During the Korean War, the East German leader, Ulbricht, said a similar thing could be done to take back West germany
- West Germany had no armed forces while the East had a force of 60,000
- The EDC
- A European Defence Council was suggested in 1950
- It was eventually agreed that NATO would create a force in Europe that included German Units
- This was controversial:
- People in the FRG saw it as permanently dividing Germany
- France worried about future German revenge
- People in the FRG saw it as permanently dividing Germany
- A European Defence Council was suggested in 1950
- More independenc for the Federal Republic
- 1951-52, the USA supported the idea of West Germany being an independent buffer state
- In 1952, a General treaty removed the High Commission so West Germany could rearm and be independent
- 1951-52, the USA supported the idea of West Germany being an independent buffer state
- Soviet Response
- The USSR initially responded by supporting a neutral unified Germany
- They then allowed Ulbricht to implement a more doctrine socialist policy which caused the 1953 East Germany Rising
- The East Germany rising lead to greater support for an independent West Germany
- The USSR initially responded by supporting a neutral unified Germany
- Re-armament and its Effects
- 1955, France finally agreed to a small German army and their entry into NATO
- However, they were not allowed nuclear weapons and British forces remained as a safeguard
- Deeped the divide and also contributed to the creation of the Warsaw Pact
- 1955, France finally agreed to a small German army and their entry into NATO
- Attitudes to Germany
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