Chapter 3

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    • West Germany was on the road to economic recovery. Eastern Germany was poorer with lower living standards

      1948
    • USSR attitude
      • Wanted Germany to remain weak. Germany had attacked them twice since 1914
    • US attitude
      • Wanted Germany to recover so that it could be a barrier against communism and play an important part in Europe's economic recovery
    • Trizonia
      The USA, Britain and France unite their economic zones in Germany into one unit
    • $1,300 million amount of Marshall Aid Germany got
    • Warsaw Pact
      Soviet version of NATO - if a communist country in the bloc was attacked, the other communist countries would defend them
    • Stalin believed the introduction of the Deutschmark was the first stage in redeveloping a powerful Germany that would threaten the USSR
    • Berlin Blockade
      1. Stalin orders the closure of all road, rail and canal links to West Berlin
      2. Berlin airlift begins
      3. 13,000 tonnes brought in each day
      4. Over 2 million tonnes in total
      5. 101 men died
    • Propaganda triumph for the Allies
    • Federal Republic of Germany
      West Germany
    • German Democratic Republic
      East Germany
    • West Berlin was a living advertisement for Capitalism and many Eastern Europeans wanted this lifestyle. Embarrassing for USSR
    • Wave of people moving was causing labour shortages in East Berlin
    • West Germany was on the road to economic recovery. Eastern Germany was poorer with lower living standards

      1948
    • USSR attitude
      • Wanted Germany to remain weak. Germany had attacked them twice since 1914
    • US attitude
      • Wanted Germany to recover so that it could be a barrier against communism and play an important part in Europe's economic recovery
    • Trizonia
      The USA, Britain and France unite their economic zones in Germany into one unit
    • $1,300 million amount of Marshall Aid Germany got
    • Warsaw Pact
      Soviet version of NATO - if a communist country in the bloc was attacked, the other communist countries would defend them
    • Stalin's attitude towards new currency
      Believed it was the first stage in redeveloping a powerful Germany that would threaten the USSR. He was worried that it would cause more discontent in the Eastern Zone
    • Berlin Blockade
      Stalin orders the closure of all road, rail and canal links to West Berlin. Berlin airlift begin and the US and Britain fly in vital supplies
    • 13,000 tonnes brought in each day. Over 2 million tonnes in total. 101 men died
    • Propaganda triumph for the Allies
    • Federal Republic of Germany
      West Germany
    • German Democratic Republic
      East Germany
    • West Berlin was a living advertisement for Capitalism and many Eastern Europeans wanted this lifestyle. Embarrassing for USSR
    • Wave of people moving was causing labour shortages in East Berlin
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