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Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall. Germany Divided. At the end of WWII, there was a trend to show that neither the Western Powers nor the Soviet Union was willing to retreat from territory that had been taken during the war.

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Berlin Wall

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  1. Berlin Wall

  2. Germany Divided • At the end of WWII, there was a trend to show that neither the Western Powers nor the Soviet Union was willing to retreat from territory that had been taken during the war. • The Western powers (Britain & United States of America) would divide territory (countries) rather than leave it to the Communists. Therefore, Germany (and Austria), and Korea and Vietnam were divided and occupied, with a call for elections to come for them to vote to select their form of government.

  3. Berlin Divided • Not only was Germany divided into four occupation zones (British, French, United States of America, and the Soviet Union), the city of Berlin, located in the Soviet zone, was also divided into four zones. • These zones were created by the powers and were simply “lines on a map” with no regard to what the lines divided (neighborhoods, families, etc). West Berlin and West Germany were connected by a Railroad line and road with no exits so that you could not get off into the Soviet zone.

  4. Recovery from War • Learning their lesson from World War I, the Western powers poured economic aid (The Marshall Plan) into Western zones and recovery came quickly. • In the Soviet zone, most of the valuable machinery and industrial resources were stripped from their zone and taken to Russia as reparations. • During the war, the United States had provided much needed aid to the Soviet Union through the Lend Lease Act which ended in 1945. The economic conditions of East (Communist) Berlin and Germany quickly deteriorated, while West Berlin began to grow and prosper.

  5. Uniting West Germany • In 1948, the western powers decided to unite the British, French, and United States of America zones into one country (West Germany). • The Soviets responded by closing the road/railroad connecting West Berlin to West Germany, thus ending all the needed supplies to keep the city going.

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