POST-WWII: GERMANY

GOALS

• Allies, France, Great Britain, US, and the Soviet Union arrived to occupy Germany
• Security of the "Allies" and reconstruction were the two main concerns of the Allies

SECURITY

• Allies arrested people that they believed threatened security
• They imposed strict curfews and confiscated items

RECONSTRUCTION

• "Establish German administration to which a military government could give orders"
• Governments renamed streets and public buildings that reflected former German government
• They took over homes and offices to set up government headquarters

ECONOMY

• Loss of farmland
• Food crisis
• Economy relied on coal for heating and fueling industry
• Infrastructure destruction and coal shortages led to widespread unemployment

SHARE OF POWER

• Germany was divided between the western Allies and the Soviet Union
• French, British, and US united their regions to become a democratic West Germany
• Soviet Union controlled East Germany and imposed communist rule