early developments of the Cold War part 2
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- Early developments in the Cold War p2
- Reunification =
- the US wanted a united capitalist Germany that it could trade with and help prevent spread of communism
- Bizonia =
- British and US zones were joint together
- this area was called Bizonia
- later the French zone was added to made 'west germany'
- this was not popular with the USSR as Stalin was not consulted
- Stalin thought it went against the agreements made at Potsdam
- Germany was split into 4 parts - for the US, UK, France and USSR
- Berlin blockade -
- June 1948
- USSR closed all road, rail and canal links into West Berlin to force the British, French and US troops to leave their zone
- USSR blocked all supplies into Berlin to show it had the power to stop a divided Germany working
- Berlin airlift -
- West Berlin couldn't last without supplies
- 26 June '48 - 30 September '49
- thousands of tonnes of supplies were flown in daily to Berlin
- relationship further weakened
- causes -
- growing tensions between US and USSR over germanys future
- clash of ideologies
- Bizonia - broke Potsdam agreements
- NATO -
- 1949
- military alliance
- US, Britain, Canada, holland, Belgium, France, Denmark, and Norway
- west Germany joined in 1955
- if one country was attacked, other countries had to assist
- the USSR turned to strengthening its control over Eastern Europe ---> Warsaw pact '55
- The two germanys -
- federal republic of Germany (FRG) = west Germany
- German democratic republic (GDR) = east Germany
- FRG - may 1949
- GDR - oct 1949
- why -
- Yalta and Potsdam meant that Germany was to be divided
- increasing tensions between western powers and the USSR over germanys future
- Reunification =
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