The Berlin Airlift‚ 1948–1949 At the end of the Second World War‚ U.S.‚ British‚ and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones‚ Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and France controlled western portions of the city‚ while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile‚ the question
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Potsdam Conference‚ meeting of the heads of government of the United States‚ the USSR‚ and the United Kingdom‚ following the unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II. It was held in Potsdam‚ near Berlin‚ from July 17 to August 2‚ 1945. The purpose of the conference was the implementation of decisions reached previously at the Yalta Conference. The U.S. was represented by President Harry S. Truman and the USSR by Premier Joseph Stalin. The United Kingdom was represented at first by Prime
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Berlin Wall opened (1989) The opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 emanated from a complex combination of factors. Such causes include the intensification of new liberal leaders‚ vanishing of communism and economic uncertainty in Europe as well as the escalation of nationalism in East Germany. The fall of the Berlin Wall meant liberation and amalgamation of Germany. The aforementioned had global significance as it showed the unification of entire Europe therefore ending the cold war. All these
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The Wannsee Conference On January 20‚ 1942‚ at a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee‚ 15 men‚ all high-ranking Nazi Party officials and members of the German government‚ met to discuss what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The head of this conference was a man named SS General Reinhard Heydrich‚ the chief of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt-RSHA) and one of SS chief Heinrich Himmler ’s top deputies. (ushmm.org) Heydrich had two main goals in
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statistics Berlin Brandenburg Die kleine Berlin–Statistik 2011 Editor: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg English edition Information management Photograph credits Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg Behlertstraße 3a 14467 Potsdam Telephone: +49 331 8173-1777 Telefax: + 49 30 9028-4091 E-Mail: info@statistik-bbb.de www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de »The Berlin Bear« (heraldic beast). The photo was created with the kind support of Mrs. Kutzner (District Office Berlin-Mitte)
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The Congress of Berlin was an international peace conference convened by the European great powers in Berlin‚ Germany in June and July 1878. Following the recent conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877‚ the Congress of Berlin aimed to divide the perennial no-man’s-land of Europe‚ the Balkans‚ along lines more reflective of the then-current balance of power. The ultimate effect of the Congress was effectively to reverse Russia’s territorial gains during the war‚ returning some seized territory
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Assessment Task 2: Conference Planning Portfolio Submission details Candidate’s Name Student Number Submit this document via my.TAFE with all required evidence attached. See Procedure below for details. Performance objective Candidates will need to conduct individual research of available materials and local resources (web‚ phone book‚ etc.) and show initiative and problem-solving skills to develop a conference concept; a full conference plan that meets the needs of the organisation; and
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What Was the Berlin Wall? The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. Dates: August 13‚ 1961 -- November 9‚ 1989 Overview of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction‚ which was nearly as instantaneous as its creation‚ was celebrated around the world. A Divided
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Wannsee Conference The Wannsee Conference was held in order to explain the Nazis’ plan to carry out the “Final Solution”. The “Final Solution” is a euphemism to make their plan sound better than what it actually was. There was nothing good about this plan; the main goal of it was to get rid of the Jews by any means possible. It was estimated that around 11‚000‚000 Jews in Europe will be involved in the "Final Solution”. During the movie it was evident that not a single one of the officials at the
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The Disarmament Conference The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments of 1932–1934 (sometimes World Disarmament Conference or Geneva Disarmament Conference) was an effort by member states of the League of Nations‚ together with the U.S. and the Soviet Union‚ to actualize the ideology of disarmament. It took place in the Swiss city of Geneva‚ ostensibly between 1932 and 1934‚ but more correctly until May 1937. After‚ The treaty of Versailles Germany was forced to dis-arm it self
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