Topic 5 Post War Germany

Question 0

Thousands of the public were

Answer 0

homeless and millions were scattered round Europe or moved westward to escape the red army

Question 1

Following the end of the war the allies

Answer 1

Took control of Germany
It was in ruins
Leading nazis committed suicide while ordinary Germans wanted to forget the past

Question 2

The soviet army was merciless

Answer 2

1 in 3 women were raped and robbery was common

Question 3

At first there was no clear plan for what to do with Germany
Long term issues remained

Answer 3

Restoring democracy so that it could be retained
Dealing with any remaining nazism
Containing german militarism
Restoring economy and providing reparations for allies

Question 4

What was the Potsdam agreement

Answer 4

August 1945
Meeting of president Truman Pm clement Attlee and Josef Stalin
Zones of occupation were decided

Question 5

The agreement at potsdam

Answer 5

Germany would be administrate red under joint controls
Germany be demilitarised Democratised Denazified
The economy would be treated as one unit but with the allies taking reparation from thei zones but since soviet sectre had fewer resources it could take from western zones also

Question 6

Demilitarisation

Answer 6

The armed forces were disbanded in 1945 and the allied occupation made rearmament impossible this ban was on.y removed in 1955-56 under strict control of the occupying powers

Question 7

Denazification in both sectors

Answer 7

Mass internment was used for those nazis who had held leadership positions
Aimed to remove nazis from their roles in society but this became difficult to do in practice