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An overview of the Cold War The Cold War was an ideological war between the two superpowers of the world, the United States and the Soviet Union, starting after World War I. After the war, Germany was left defeated, and Britain and France were left drained and exhausted the United States and the Soviet Union, but also drained held considerable power, and the two got up to the superpower status the two became rivals by ideologies 1 and contradictory and constantly competed mutual distrust for power, the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism in Eastern Europe and to create a buffer zone of friendly governments such as defense against Germany in 1946, with Europe eastern under Soviet control and influence, Europe was divided into West Western democracies and block the United States and the Soviet Union to the east and occupati Soviet bloc territory is a separate iron curtain The Europe.
Germany Divided The aftermath of World War II were what shaped Cold War Germany The state of post-war Germany was gloomy about 1 4 homes were destroyed, economic infrastructure has largely collapsed, the inflation was rampant, there were food shortages, and millions of Germans homeless east were back after its unconditional surrender, Germany was divided into four military occupation zones American ally, french, British and Soviet the old capital of Berlin was also divided into four zones, but Berlin itself remained within the Soviet zone in 1949, the french, the British and American zones were merged and form the Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublic Deutschland, with its capital Bonn also in 1949, the Soviet Zone became the German Democratic Republic Deutsche Demokrati sche Republik with the Soviet sector of Berlin as the West German capital has become a stable Western democracy suprisingly a new policy required a 5 vote for a political party to be represented in the Bundestag upper house to avoid small extremist parties to win too easily representation it was this that caused the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazi party, after all East Germany was created as Stalin -style socialist state became a member of the Warsaw Pact and came to have one of the most advanced economies and living standards of the Soviet bloc states, however, that is not saying much, because it is lower than the West German government is -German was formed in a centralized and dictatorial regime Stasi state security police kept the Soviet expectation of the people of the freedom of expression and opinion against the regime has pa s been tolerated, and artistic and intellectual programs were heavily controlled partition and division of Germany led a block from both the US and Russia relations to West Germany relations of Germany is the allies were at the same time try to be fo rgiving the Germans for World war II, while ensuring that the Germans could never start expansionism that led to the two previous wars during the cold war, Germany became the center of all tensions between democracy and communism location Germany gateway between East and West Europe was the ideal place for these political struggles occur when Russia had attempted to extend to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, they were controlled by the rise of the German state therefore, after Germany fell WWII Russia has tried to start its expansion through a now weakened Europe The end of the Second World War left Russia in possession of all Germany up to 300 miles to the west of Berlin This new annexation caused the authorities in Europe to become unbalanced and Russia replaced Germany as the country that had become too great contrast to their actions against the emerging powers in the past, Britain has not tried to stop the Russian expansion will did this because they thought it was better to give the Russian parts of Germany on giving other territories that the purpose of dividing the land was to control Germany allow Russia access to the Mediterranean the Allies had many reasons to partition Germany in all, until a new government could be established in France, America, Britain and Russia BC have all parts of Germany that were temporarily put under control as the Allies were still in occupation of the country, the decisions were taken by a board of four government representatives were then responsible for the implementation of council decisions their territory allocated there was a catch that the Russians exploited to counteract the other powers According to the Treaty, proposals to the Council have been implemented there was a unanimous vote the Russians could use it just as they used the Council UN security annoyed the Russians had other powers using their veto power on the security Council to veto any proposal that came before them through the exercise of their arbitrary veto any decision concerning the Germany, they could prevent any actions that were against their interest The Soviets would then be able to run the East Germany as they wished, since no stopping the proposal to do so could be passed.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine In June 1947, the Marshall Plan was implemented to prevent the Russians to influence a weakened Western powers During the time the United States sent a massive economic aid for European democracies to help rebuild Billions of dollars were spent to help countries recover quickly and to reduce the influence of communism This plan has restored the West German and rebuild as a new ally in the fight US against Russia Russia refused the help of the Marshall Plan and, therefore, East Germany was not completely rebuilt This lack of reconstruction shone even after reunification, the German economy after reunification has great success because it had to pay for all the reconstruction that the Communists was the Truman doctrine, a plan to help states through a read head for freedom against their oppressors, was established in 1948 President Truman said, I think it should be the US policy to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures the Truman doctrine established a containment policy; Communism would be limited to areas already under Soviet control, and Americans would resist Soviet expansion elsewhere the Truman Doctrine could not be more clearly oriented towards East Germany and, technically, West Germany was both under the yoke by an external force and also under the power of the minority army that the Russians would soon be in power as the Deutsches Demokratische Republik DDR 1949, the Allies made good on what they promised in the Truman doctrine and West Germany unified in the BDR Federal Republic of Germany at the same time the Russians instituted the DDR, which proves to be more than one plan a government.
The Berlin crisis and the Berlin airlift because of the horrible conditions in East Germany, its citizens began to cross to West Germany and were allowed to proclaim Refugees, 2 6 million on May 17 million people in East Germany crossed in 1961, that due to labor shortages in East Germany and also the further deterioration of an already failing East German economy in East Germany worsened, Russia became ready to take offensive action to recover West Berlin in December 1947, Russia and the United States finally parted and the Western powers began meeting about German business without the Russian Ambassador this March 20, 1948, Russia declared that the Allied control Council in Berlin existed and voluntarily recalling all of their meetings accordingly, there was no government relationships es between Russia and the other Allies problems worsened when the Russians decided they wanted all of Berlin under their con Trol there had been no previous treaties giving the Allies free access to West Berlin through the territory of Russia, if Russia has exploited this situation and isolated Berlin American soldiers and supplies the Berlin Blockade began in mid-1948, Russian forces surrounded West Berlin in an effort to allied soldiers go there over there of starvation the Soviets blocked rail and highways in the western sector of Berlin, effectively cutting off the Allied western sector of Germany in response to this, the Allies established the Berlin airlift June 21, 1948, to supply West Berlin with food and fuel cargo planes dropped food, fuel and other supplies in West Germany 24 hours a day streamlined blockade Russia saying they were doing extensive road works that didn t fool anyone in Russia then continued, saying that Berlin was rightly theirs, and that the Western powers that had control of West Berlin because they had more voice when the partition was bei ng Marshall has answered this by saying the Russian government that all the Allies had the right to be in Berlin and that the United States intended to stay while he continued to cut all passing trains between East and West Germany intensified conflict when America secretly moved 60 long-range bombers in the British Isles Russia saw that the Allies did not intend to go so they offered to citizens of West Berlin food on condition that they came from the Russian side, the West Berliners have decided they would rather starve than be under Russian rule in May 1949, Russia canceled the blockade failed They lost this confrontation for two reasons: first, the Russians had not yet acquired nuclear capability and thus could not organize a second larger offensive, the Russians were in a very bad position in regarding external relations; before the eyes of the world, he seemed to be trying to starve over 2 million men, women and children in West Berlin As the month continues the Berlin Airlift after months provided tangible evidence of the determination Western and competence 2 So basically, throughout this conflict, Russia made it look like murderers and the Allies as the saviors Western powers seemed unwavering support of Berlin gave other parts of Germany more confidence in their commitment to the welfare of Germany.
West German reconciliation began their first big step to make amends with France in March 1950 They made a peace treaty with the French that ended the conflict that had been going on since the early 1800's peace treaty is a step towards ensuring the Allies that there is no possibility of German expansion and the outbreak of a new war, the only things the Allies needed to ensure its autonomy Germany May 9, 1950, France and Germany made a treaty that gave the joint control of the steel and coal industry in Germany and France making it not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible 3 to have a war between the two countries this treaty was called the Schuman Plan and was a big step towards the approval of France's autonomy West Germany Shortly afterwards, the European coal and steel Community was established compos six European powers as a result of these actions, West Germany agreed to again became European affairs at the same time that the treaty in May 1950, the Korean War broke out, and Europe stiffened for a Russian invasion in West West Germany was permitted to contribute troops under NATO can This shows that some of the Allies began to trust again the Germans the only obstacle is France, which greatly opposed any German army, even under the authority of NATO if they thought the German had an army of any sort, they would immediately an alliance with Russia and attack the French May 26, 1952, the West Germany's occupation was officially under the treaty and West Germany was supposed to have its own government, the Allies would not let go of the country until they are absolutely sure that Germany not revi Endra not as a threat, May 27, 1952, a treaty of defense against Russia called on the European Defense Treaty was proposed by France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium C ' was to create an army that consisted of all these countries under the NATO command the French national Assembly rejected the treaty ed fearing the German army, and therefore attempts to unify Germany 's West under his authority were very temporarily dropped 3 October 1952, the English made the last step that France needed to be assured that Germany was not a threat, saying they would maintain a military presence continental Europe led France they wanted security against a German invasion while France was to end the occupation of West Germany and admit in the 1948 Brussels Treaty Germany 's West forestay t now fully independent state in the West Berlin exception.
The tension between the two superpowers Rises During the time between the first blockade and 1958, Russia had developed nuclear capabilities and they were ready to leave after West Berlin in 1958, East Germany began blocking again the immigration in West Germany by building wire fences of barbed wire and patrols along the entire border between East Germany and West Berlin was the only place open to immigration between the two countries time of the second attack on Russia, the Western powers had 11,000 soldiers in Berlin compared to the 550,000 that Russia had the Russians limited access to West Berlin by two ways the first route was heavily guarded roads where Russian soldiers harass travelers the second consisted of three airlines; Russian warplanes buzzed flights Basically, these tactics have been adopted to demonstrate the Allies they were powerless to stop any Russian movement Russia at that time had the technology to prevent another airlift, so that the Allies had no chance supply West Berlin with food peacefully.
We are certainly not going to fight a ground war in Europe What good can I send a few thousand or even a few divisions in Europe, with something like 175 Soviet divisions in the region - President Eisenhower.
Russia intensified the conflict when he said he would put all the power in East Berlin in the DDR regime effective May 27, 1952, the Allies had no alliance with DDR in terms of passages established in Berlin, and the Allies had no way to take Berlin, but refused to let him go Russia and the Allies entered a stalemate but, as May 27 approaches, Russia has begun to look for a way back and get out of the situation in Russia launched a wave of new deadlines on March 5, they said they were willing to delay the transition of power to DDR March 9, they said they wanted all countries involved in the conflict to withdraw their troops they finally completely backed March 11, when they declared that they allow free access to West Berlin for all travelers and thus, again, the Communists lost the cosmic chicken play.
The Berlin Wall in 1961, Berlin, the last place in which immigrants could leave East Germany, has been blocked by the infamous wall Berlin, during which over 80 people were killed while trying to escape from East Germany to non-consecutive occasion This state of affairs continued until the summer of 1989 when the reform of the Hungarian government opened the borders of Hungary and authorized crossing Germans of is through this country of Hungary, east Germans could go directly to West Germany on Berlin Wall was then rendered useless, except to keep the dog neighbors, and even he could pass through Hungary on November 9 1989 people began to openly destroy the wall and Russia decided to take it down, allowing the free migration between countries and also prompted the first of Germany unification movements.
During the Cold War, Germany became the center of the conflict between communism and democracy in Germany was the place where all the tensions between the two ideals was played because of its location as the farthest western town east Berlin was torn in two by the parties taken the repercussions of this are what shapes the problems in modern Germany neglect that east Germany suffered through the hands of the Communists because not only economic problems but also social problems that the West Germans and east have grown apart as people the scars that the Communist Party left on the eastern Germans are still being repair the reconstruction of east Germany would be almost bankrupt the West not only had much Germany is not rebuilt, much of what was produced was réexp Edie to the Soviet Union as war reparations divided Germany had also caused a social split occur between East Germans and West German West life had greatly improved since the end of the Second World war, but the life of East Germany were still mired in the destruction caused by the war that could not be fixed under the communist regime These differences caused East Germans to see their Western parents as pampered These and privileged social end economic issues are still being repaired in Germany and the end of social schism seems not yet in sight.
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