Germany: Unfinished business BizoniaTrizonia East and West Germany The Formation of NATO (1949) The Warsaw Pact The arms race Why was the arms race significant?

Germany: Unfinished businessGermany: Unfinished business

BizoniaBizonia

TrizoniaTrizonia

East and West GermanyEast and West Germany

The Formation of NATO (1949)The Formation of NATO (1949)

The Warsaw PactThe Warsaw Pact

The arms raceThe arms race

Why was the arms race significant?Why was the arms race significant?

What issues had to be agreed on after WW2?

Should a reunited Germany be part of the Soviet ‘sphere of influence’, the American ‘sphere of influence’, or should it be ‘neutral’?

Should a reunited Germany have a communist or capitalist government?

Should a reunited Germany receive Marshall Aid?

Should troops from America and the USSR be allowed to remain in a united Germany?

Germany: Unfinished Business

What did the Allies decide to do with Germany

and Berlin at the Potsdam Conference? Divide Germany and Berlin into four France, Britain, USA and USSR would each take

control of a ‘zone’. This was a temporary measure.

Germany after WW2

Germany after WW2

When was Bizonia formed?

1947 What was Bizonia?

British and American zones were basically operating as one

What was Trizonia? After a while Bizonia fused with the French

zone.

Bizonia and Trizonia

What was decided by the Western Allies in

1948 to change Western Germany? (2 things) Britain, France and USA decided to set up a

German assembly and constitution Trizonia also introduced a new currency – the

Deutschmark

East and West Germany

Give 3 reasons why Stalin did not want a

permanently divided Germany He did not want the USA to have more influence

over Germany He did not want US troops in Germany He feared that Germany’s best economic

resources were in the west and feared they would be used for war with him

East and West Germany

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZidBq8QS-g When did the Berlin Blockade take place?

1948 - 1949 Why did Stalin set up a military blockade

around Berlin? To prevent the creation of separate state in

western Germany and prove a divided Germany would not work

The Berlin Blockade

What was the Allies’ response?

The ‘Berlin Airlift’ Allied planes transported supplies to West Berlin

around the clock First the US committed 70 large cargo planes

and airlifted 600 and 700 tonnes of food. This increased to 1000 tonnes a day

The Berlin Blockade

Was the blockade/airlift a success or a failure

for: Stalin?

Failure. He had to end it eventually and accept the situation. He also looked immature and petty

The Americans? Success. They supported and kept the west

Berliners supplied

The Berlin Blockade

When was the FRG officially created?

September 1949 When was the GDR officially created?

October 1949

FRG and GDR

  NATO Warsaw Pact

What was it?  A Military alliance. If one

country was attacked, all

members would come to

their defence.

 A military alliance of eastern

European countries.

Respected each others

independence. Would help

defend them if attackedWhen was it

formed? April 1949  1955

Who did it involve?  America, many countries

in western Europe

 USSR and eight other countries

including Poland, Czechoslovakia,

Hungary and Romania

NATO and Warsaw Pact

What was the arms race?

A competition between east and west to have the most and the highest quality of weapons

The Arms Race

  USA USSR

1945  First country to develop the

nuclear bomb

1949   Had created a nuclear bomb

By 1953 Had H-Bombs Had H-Bombs

1950s Large numbers of nuclear weapons  Large numbers of nuclear

weapons

1960s  Large numbers of nuclear

weapons

 Large numbers of nuclear

weapons

The arms race

Why was the arms race so significant?

Prevented war in Europe USSR had 3 million troops so could easily capture

Western Germany, but feared US nuclear weapons

The arms race

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