HST 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Barter, German Diaspora, Marshall Plan
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The seminal event that touches both of these countries was the holocaust which partially led to the split of germany and led to the creation of israel. Germany was split for security reasons, most of europe was afraid of a resurgent germany. Friendly countries were created to make a buffer zone around germany. Usa"s chief concern was getting out of europe as soon as possible. +also wanted a strong economy in germany for trade. Great britain wants germany to recover for trade and so they can stop propping the. +they occupied the most destroyed part of germany which was the most expensive and great britain couldn"t pay for it. Berlin was in the soviet zone but was divided into 4 parts as well. After wwii, germany was flooded with former pows and people forced out of territories that. Ethnic german were also forced to go back to germany even though they weren"t from there.
