6.3 - 1946-55: Issues over Germany

Question 1

What were the top 2 similar ambitions in regards to Germany for the allies?

Answer 1

Demilitarisation and denazification

Question 2

When did Britain and USA combined their zones in Germany to create Bizonia?

Answer 2

January 1947

Question 3

What did Stalin envisage Germany to be?

Answer 3

Weak, united and neutral

Question 4

When was the Deutschmark introduced into the 3 Western zones?

Answer 4

20th June 1948

Question 5

How did the Soviets respond to the launch of the Deutschmark?

Answer 5

The Berlin Blockade

Question 6

When did the Berlin Blockade begin?

Answer 6

23rd June 1948

Question 7

What did Stalin not want West Berlin to become?

Answer 7

An outpost of capitalist democracy

Question 8

What was Stalin’s main aim with the Berlin blockade?

Answer 8

To force the Western powers out of Berlin

Question 9

What had West Berlin become by the time of the blockade?

Answer 9

A symbol of freedom against Soviet tyranny

Question 10

When did the Berlin airlift begin?

Answer 10

26th June 1948

Question 11

How often did a plane land in Berlin during the airlift?

Answer 11

Every 90 seconds

Question 12

How many tonnes were brought into West Berlin via the airlift every day?

Answer 12

4500 tonnes

Question 13

When did the Soviets lift their blockade of Berlin?

Answer 13

11th May 1949

Question 14

How many people was Stalin willing to starve via his decision to blockade Berlin?

Answer 14

2 million

Question 15

WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF THE BERLIN CRISIS ON THE COLD WAR?

Answer 15

WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF THE BERLIN CRISIS ON THE COLD WAR?

Question 16

What did France agree to do once the blockade was lifted?

Answer 16

To merge their zone with Bizonia

Question 17

When was the FRG created?

Answer 17

21st September 1949

Question 18

Who was elected as the first chancellor of the FRG in September 1949?

Answer 18

Adenauer

Question 19

When was the GDR created?

Answer 19

7th October 1949

Question 20

Who was appointed as first secretary (leader) of the GDR?

Answer 20

Walter Ulbricht

Question 21

How much did the USSR take in reparations from their zone by 1952?

Answer 21

$3.7 billion

Question 22

When did Clay announce that the US would not collect reparations until their is a national plan for the German economy?

Answer 22

May 1946

Question 23

When did US Secretary of State Byrnes tell Soviet foreign minister Molotov that the US would not collect reparations until Germany had a trade surplus, after Molotov had demanded that collect $10 billion?

Answer 23

July 1947

Question 24

What did the USSR accuse the USA and UK of doing at the 1947 London Conference?

Answer 24

Of betraying Potsdam agreements

Question 25

When was the 2nd London Conference, which the USSR was not invited to?

Answer 25

February to June 1948