GERMANY AFTER WW2 BINGO • Containment • Buffer Zone • Ideology • Communism • Capitalism • Dictatorship • Truman Doctarine • Iron Curtain • Marshall Plan • Cominform • Puppet State GERMANY AFTER WW2 WHAT TO DO WITH GERMANY ? Allies • USSR Introduce democracy and make Germany a peaceful ally Keep Germany weak and divided “DON’T BE SO COMMUNIST” ALLIES AGREEMENT Division Berlin Swap Containment DIVISION • Germany divided into 4 West : America, France and Britian East: USSR BERLIN • Berlin although in USSR area was the capital and would also be divided in 4 SWAP • Some German land was given to Poland • Small area to the North of Poland given to USSR CONTAINMENT • Germany totally destroyed after ww2 • Unemployment, homelessness 12 million german refugees returned from Czechoslovakia and Poland . Starvation and disease led to millions of deaths • Germany not allowed to rebuild its industries • Marshall aid : change in Allied opinion • To avoid communism the allies wanted an ecom=nomically but not military strong Germany • FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY • GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC • West Germany • East Germany • Democratic • Puppet State • Controlled by France US & UK • Controlled by USSR Berlin was also divided into east and west , 1961 Berlin divided by a wall to stop people escaping to the west https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5PFd1XuUw • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv1yZ6tq3mY job in Germany • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga2xjo_NV4s
