HST 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Monetary Policy, Barter
Document Summary
Soviet union wanted germany to stay week. U. s. wanted to get out of europe as quickly as possibly, yet 75 years later we are still there. Europe was a huge export market for the u. s. once germany was back on their feet, they then could buy more american exports. Germany was split up into 4 sections. Each section ruled by a different superpower, same happened with berlin. Germans were kicked out of many countries because if they were like. Hitler wherever germans lived would be claimed as a german territory. Diaspora: people whose origins lies elsewhere, geographically from where they currently reside. 13 million ethnic germans sent back to germany. Many were eager to go back and get away from the people they had just prosecuted. Soviet union wanted germans to pay for their suffering and rebuilding. Soviet union lost 25 million people during the war. Extracted food, scrap metals and scientists from germany.
