II. After the war‚ the Allied Powers split Germany into four sections: American‚ British‚ and French powers controlled the west while the Soviet Union controlled the east. As the relationship between the Soviet Union and Western allied powers became increasingly hostile‚ the cooperative atmosphere in Germany turned competitive and aggressive. Also‚ living conditions in West Germany and East Germany became distinctly different. On 24 June 1948 the Soviets‚ who occupied East Berlin‚ decided to
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The Berlin wall was built to efficiently cut-off Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the capitalistic west and stop East-Berliners fleeing towards the west (due to better economic conditions on the other side). Throughout the decades after the initial construction‚ the wall was improved and upgraded to become a virtually impermeable monument to oppression. It had mines‚ barbed wire‚ electric fences and guard posts. The population of East Berlin was forced to build the wall on the night of November
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The Berlin Wall Was a wall ordered to be erected in July of 1961 by Walter Ulbricht. It was built to separate the USSR controlled East Germany and the modern West Germany which was shared by France‚ Britain and the United States of America. It served it’s purpose and kept millions of East Germans trapped on their side of the country. The presence of the Berlin Wall changed Europe and ended the Soviet Dream of communism. The wall fell as quickly as it was built in November of 1989. One of the most
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had distributed 7000 Kg of GT- 2 to the state of West Bengal1 farmers. He had expected to receive a harvested produce of a minimum of 1400 metric ton. However‚ the report presented by the stores department proved that EAPL had received only 300 metric ton of harvested produce. Worse‚ some of the farmers who had considerable experience of sesame production had reported a lower yield of the new variety than local established varieties. EAPL‚ a West Bengal based company had been in the agri-business
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WEST AFRICA: AL-QAEDA NEW GROUND FOR RECRUITING BY WEST AFRICA: AL-QAEDA NEW GROUND FOR RECRUITING I. Introduction Al-Qaeda and its allies are exploring the West African Region for their future operations. Their focus is on a region where institutions are weakened as result of tenuous economic structures‚ inadequate infrastructures‚ unprotected borders‚ civil war‚ and insufficient or poor governance; making them susceptible to corruption and lawlessness‚ and a fertile ground for
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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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are quickly reprimanded. One modern example of this is musical artist Kanye West. He began as a moderately-turned-wildly successful rapper praised for “doing his own thing.” In true Emersonian fashion‚ Kanye West made music he wanted to make‚ in the way he wanted to make it. Eventually‚ though‚ his music and his actions and opinions outside of music became a little too much. Several times throughout his career Kanye West has “gone too far‚” crossing lines of what the public felt it was appropriate
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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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