Establishment of the GDR Government

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At what conference was it decided that Germany and Berlin would be split between the powers?
Yalta Conference
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At what conference were the reperations decided?
Potsdam Conference
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What was the purpose of the Ulbricht Group?
to spread communism in Germany and ensure that the KPD had as many administerative positions as possible
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What was the name of the main competitive party to the KPD?
SPD (German social democratic party)
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In what year did the KPD and SPD merge?
1946
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How many KPD members and how many SPD members merged?
600,000 KPD and 700,000 SPD
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In what year did the newly formed SED publically state their Marxist-Leninist Principles?
1948
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What was the Truman Doctorine?
The USA would provide political, economic and Military help to anyone under communist threat
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What was the policy of containment?
containing the spread of communism
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What was the marshall plan?
USA made large sums of money available to help countries recover from WW2
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In what year was Bizonia formed and which two states merged to form it?
1947 - Britain and USA.
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When did the Berlin Airlift Begin?
26th June
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At the height of the Berlin Airlift, how often did aircrafts land, and how many tonnes of goods were delivered each day?
every 90 seconds - 8,000 tonnes
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What did the USA do that strained relations even further?
deployed British fighter planes rumoured to contain atomic bombs
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how long did the berlin airlift last?
322 days (over 5 million packages during its duration)
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What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Collective protection against the USSR)
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When was the GDR formally established?
October 1949
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Who became the first secretary after the establishment of the GDR?
Walter Ulbricht
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What was prestigous about the SED government that the FRG could not claim?
The SED government ran out of Berlin
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What was Stalins opinion of the two Germany's in 1952?
He was putting forward ideas of a united Germany (likely to spread communism)
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