Lead up to the Berlin Crisis

• What did the Allies and USSR want for Germany?


  Allies:

  • Strengthen Germany
  • Improve economy and encourage capitalism

  USSR:

  • Use Germany's resources to rebuild the Soviet Union
  • Keep Germany poor so they would be more likely to remain capitalist
• What did the UK and USA merge to create in Germany in 1947?


  Bizonia
• What was created in Germany after France merged with the UK and USA in 1948?


  Trizonia
• Who controlled each side of Berlin by 1948?

  West: Allies (US, UK, France) East: USSR
• What was introduced in the West Germany by the Allies?


  • A single government
  • Jun 1948 - A new currency (Deutschmark) was introduced
• Why did West Germany increase tensions?

  • Its successful, capitalist economy embarrassed the USSR and made communism look weak
  • It broke the agreement at Potsdam - Germany was supposed to be run as a whole and the Deutschmark created a new economy
  • It created two Germanys as each zone had different currencies
• What did the split of Germany and Berlin lead to?


  Berlin Blockade and Airlift