years since the end of World War II‚ Germany was divided both ideologically and geographically. West Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the British‚ American‚ and French forces‚ developed into a parliamentary democratic government with a free market economy. East Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the Soviet Union‚ developed into a one party state with a socialist economy. Ideologically the west was capitalist and followed in the direction of the rest of Western Europe and the United States
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that took place. The west part of Germany was a very prosperous and profound area in the late 1950’ and early 1960’s and it was only going to get better. They had wanted to continue to grow their economy but East Germany was holding it back. East Germany was ‘behind the eight ball’ and had many problems inside their territory. They were a communist region refusing to give up its identity and their people did not like this. At a rapid pace East Germans began to move over to West Germany and the East
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East Germans immediately saw West Germany as a form of freedom from the communism they were currently experiencing. The most popular passage to west Germany was through west Berlin‚ and from 1946-61 nearly 2.5 million people fled east Germany this way‚ and at its peak there was around 2‚000 eastern Germans crossing this way every day. The huge numbers
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sectors in West German and Berlin while the Soviet Union occupied the East. Because of this‚ when the Cold War started‚ East and West Berlin were divided both in opinion and territory. The Soviets were communist and the leaders of West Germany were determined that all of Germany should be communistic. The Soviets tried to force the Western powers to give up their control over their three sectors. After their attempts to convince them to give up their control failed‚ the Soviet side cut West Berlin
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world’s foremost naval power. Portuguese ships sailed all across the world‚ discovered new routes and started colonies. They influenced many countries worldwide during the height of their empire‚ but none like their colonies in West Africa. They brought both good and bad to West Africa‚ including their culture‚ Christianity‚ agriculture‚ and slavery. European mariners were the agents of the encounters among the many peoples of Africa. To understand why the trans-oceanic voyages took place one must
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The Berlin Wall was a physical wall‚ which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War‚ and ran for over 140km and was 3.6 metres high. The construction of the wall came to show the diverse ideologies between the different systems of government‚ and what the people thought about it. To summarise it up for you‚ it was a loss in human rights and freedom. But how was the Berlin Wall influential in the course of the Cold War? I will be touching on a couple of topics today to answer the hypothesis
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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changing country. In Germany‚ the terms "East" and "West" do not just represent geographically regions. It runs much deeper than that‚ and there is still a large gap in the way of life‚ and political and social conditions of the whole country. While most German’s were sleeping on the night of August 13‚ 1961‚ the East German government began closing its borders. In the early morning of that Sunday‚ most of the first work was done: the border to West Berlin was closed. The East German troops had begun
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late sixteenth century. Although there were relatively few necessities of life which the early West African descent groups could not provide for themselves in their own environment‚ a significant exception was salt which could not be easily obtained except by the peoples living near the sea. The Saharan salt mines were controlled by the Berbers of North Africa who in turn were willing to trade salt for West African Gold which was in high demand in the Magrib. This early trade in salt and Gold was to
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namely West and East Berlin. Berlin shortly afterwards became the front for the cold war between the USSR and the West. On June 25th‚ 1948‚ the USSR set up a blockade around Berlin to try and force the Allies to give up their rights to the western part of the city. Stalin halted all traffic into and out of the Russian sector of Berlin; he also cut off all electricity‚ claiming technical difficulties. With all roads blocked‚ the Allies had no way of keeping the 2.5 million citizens of West Berlin
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