Creation of the FRG, 1945-49 - timeline Flashcards
When was Bizonia formed + which countres?
29 May 1947
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USA & Br
What does the USSR set up in retaliation to Bizonia + when?
German Economic Commission
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14 June 1947
What does the USSR do to Czechoslovakia + when?
tire of waiting for comms to come to power so take over
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February 1948
When is the Bank of German States created + what is it?
1 March 1948
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created in the Western zones to administer the Marshall Plan
(breaks agreement of economic unity across all zones)
When does the USSR leave the Allied Control Council + what is it?
20 March 1948
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was set up to make decisions across zones to keep ‘Germany’ intact for reunification
When did Bizonia announce a new currency + what is the new currency?
20 June 1948
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Deutschemark (to be used in Western-controlled Germany)
What do the Soviets do in response to the DM + when?
Soviets introduced a differenet currency in their zone + announced that the Mayor of Berlin should force its use across the city
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23 June 1948
(3 days after DM)
How does the West respond to the Soviet response to the DM?
West introduces the DM in their sectors of Berlin
How do the Soviets respond to the West’s response to the Soviet’s response to the DM + when?
USSR closes all road, rail and canal links to Berlin, marooning the Western zones in Berlin inside the Soviet zone
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24 June 1948
(1 day after introduction of DM in western Berlin)
When is a Parliamentary Council set up to draw the constitution for a new country: West Germany?
1 September 1948
West Germany = all parts of Germany not in the Soviet zone
When did the Berlin Airlift start and end
+ what was it?
June 1948 - May 1949
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Western planes flew millions of tonnes of supplies to the Western zones of Berlin, but in May 1949 the Soviets lifted the blockade
When did the Western zones of Germany become the FRG?
22 May 1949
When did the Soviet zone become the GDR?
7 October 1949
