conflicts over germany Flashcards
what was the british zone taking?
the majority of german refugee, fleeing eastern europe at the end of the war.
what was britian faced with?and what did this cause?
a crippling economic crisis at home, as a result britian and the usa were anxious to pomote moderate german economic recovery so the zones can support themselves.
when did general clay(deputy us military governor in berlin) stop all reparation payments and why? ?until when?
on may 3rd 1946 to force the french and the soviets to treat germany as a whole political and economic unit till a general import and export plan was agreed for germany
how did the soviets see clays’s actions?
as an american strategy to strengthen western european economies in order to neutralise the growing popularity of commnunism and to restore the german economy based on an international capitalist system
how did the soviets respond to clay’s actions?
bringing german companies under soviet control, the output of which was to go straight to the ussr
what did these actions do?
served to strengthen suspicions between the ussr and the usa
on november 1946 what did clay present?
the idea of uniting the british and the american zones which would be known as bizonia
when was the paris confernce?
april - july 1946
what did molotov the soviet foreign minister want?
demanded $10billion in reparations be paid by germany to the ussr
what did bevin the british foreign minister announce?
that until germany was economically strong enough to pay for its own imports of food and raw materials, reparations could not be paid
what did bynes the us foreign secretary offer?
to unify the us zone economically with any other zones in order to ensure economic co-operation
why did onl britian accept bynes offer?
because its zone was a major drain on its fragile economy
what did the soviets accuse britain and america of?
violating the potsdam agreement
when was bizionia created?
january 1947
when was the moscow confernce?
april -may 1947
