Creation of the FRG, 1945-49 - A Permanent Division Flashcards
1
Q
What States became communist between 1945-47?
+ how?
A
Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland
+ through ‘free’ elections
2
Q
When + What was the Marshall Plan?
A
1947
+ West, mainly USA gave econ help to European countries that could become comm otherwise (e.g Turkey, Greece)
3
Q
When did the Socialist Unity Party (SED) form?
+ which parties did it form from?
A
April 1946
+ KDP and SPD
4
Q
What was the popularity of the Socialist Unity Party in Germany?
A
most significant party in the Soviet zone
vs.
in West where the KPD + SPD stayed seperate parties
