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Unit: The Cold War Topic: Crisis in Germany

Unit: The Cold War Topic: Crisis in Germany. 1. Puzzle Pieces. The division and occupation of Germany after WWII was supposed to be temporary. Soon, Britain, France and the U.S. combined their zones to form West Germany.

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Unit: The Cold War Topic: Crisis in Germany

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  1. Unit: The Cold WarTopic: Crisis in Germany

  2. 1. Puzzle Pieces

  3. The division and occupation of Germany after WWII was supposed to be temporary. • Soon, Britain, France and the U.S. combined their zones to form West Germany.

  4. Stalin refused to reunite East Germany because he feared a strong, united Germany. • Berlin, the divided German capital, was located in East Germany.

  5. 2. The Berlin Airlift

  6. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the parts of Berlin under Allied control to force the Western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets control over the entire city.

  7. In response, the West mounted an airlift; for almost a year, supplies were flown into W. Berlin.

  8. This forced Stalin to end the blockade.

  9. The Berlin Airlift

  10. 3. Goodbye, East Germany!

  11. Stalin installed a Communist gov’t in East Germany.

  12. He built the Berlin Wall in 1961, separating free West Berlin from communist East Berlin.

  13. Berlin Wall

  14. 5. NATO and the Arms Race

  15. In 1949, the U.S., Canada, and nine other nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-zation (NATO) to protect them-selves from Commu-nism.

  16. In response, Stalin formed the Warsaw Pact, in which Communist nations protected each other from democracy.

  17. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union participated in an arms race, spending billions in developing new and better weapons.

  18. "The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five." • - Carl Sagan

  19. Nuclear Arms Race

  20. Cold War DBQ Essay Test! • DBQs: 6 points each • Essay: 52 points • YOU MUST USE 5 DOCUMENTS IN YOUR ESSAY! • DUE: Friday, March 4 – THIS WILL NOT COUNT for your 5 week progress reports!

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