Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

German separation was caused by Russia in the first place.




[flagged]


Yes, and the three western allies agreed to let their occupation zones form a German state. Which the Soviets opposed and had their occupation zone form an East German state, thus dividing Germany at their zone boundary. The Soviets did the dividing, the other allies did no such thing.

That's not what happened.

"Against Soviet protests, the two English-speaking powers pushed for a heightened economic collaboration between the different zones, and on 1 January 1947 the British and American zones merged to form the Bizone. Over the course of 1947 and early 1948, they began to prepare the currency reform that would introduce the Deutsche Mark and ultimately lead to the creation of an independent West German state.

When the Soviets learned about these plans, they claimed that they were in violation of the Potsdam Agreement, that obviously the Western powers were not interested in further regular four-power control of Germany and that under such circumstances the Allied Control Council had no further purpose." [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Control_Council#Incapac...


Thank you

Thank you. Usually it's my teammates in a pub quiz who appreciate such knowledge of historical trivia)



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: