Why was germany divided into two political groups after ww1?
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Actually, the German Empire was divided into many parts after the First World War, along with the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. One part of it became Czechoslovakia, one part became about half of Poland, a few border provinces were taken by Belgium and France as “reparations”, and so on. Most of their overseas colonies either became independent or were handed over to other countries.
As to why Germany was divided between the Allies after the Second World War, it was mostly a matter of “the victor takes the spoils”. The Soviets were responsible for taking most of the eastern half of Germany, while the others took the western half. The plan was that they would all work together to rebuild the country and root out the last Nazi holdouts. But there was already a growing rift between the Soviet Union and everyone else by then. They never really liked each other to begin with, but they temporarily worked together against a common enemy; when that enemy was destroyed, they no longer had a reason to get along. So the USSR decided to turn “their” side of Germany into a separate, communist country to serve as a buffer against the rest of Europe, just in case the tension led to another war.
As to why Germany was divided between the Allies after the Second World War, it was mostly a matter of “the victor takes the spoils”. The Soviets were responsible for taking most of the eastern half of Germany, while the others took the western half. The plan was that they would all work together to rebuild the country and root out the last Nazi holdouts. But there was already a growing rift between the Soviet Union and everyone else by then. They never really liked each other to begin with, but they temporarily worked together against a common enemy; when that enemy was destroyed, they no longer had a reason to get along. So the USSR decided to turn “their” side of Germany into a separate, communist country to serve as a buffer against the rest of Europe, just in case the tension led to another war.
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Actually, the German Empirewas divided into many parts after the First World War, along withthe Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. One part of it became Czechoslovakia, one part became about half of Poland, a few border provinces weretaken by Belgium and France as “reparations”, and so on. Most of their overseas colonies either became independent orwere handed over to other countries.
As to why Germany was divided between the Allies after the Second World War, it was mostly a matter of “the victor takes thespoils”. The Soviets were responsible fortaking most of the eastern half of Germany, whilethe others tookthe western half. The plan was that they would all work together to rebuild the country and root out the last Nazi holdouts. But there was already a growing rift between the Soviet Union and everyone else by then. They never really liked each other to begin with, but they temporarily worked together against a common enemy; when that enemy was destroyed,they no longer had a reason to get along. So the USSR decided to turn“their” side of Germany into aseparate, communist country to serve as a buffer against the rest of Europe, just in case the tension led to another war.339Views
As to why Germany was divided between the Allies after the Second World War, it was mostly a matter of “the victor takes thespoils”. The Soviets were responsible fortaking most of the eastern half of Germany, whilethe others tookthe western half. The plan was that they would all work together to rebuild the country and root out the last Nazi holdouts. But there was already a growing rift between the Soviet Union and everyone else by then. They never really liked each other to begin with, but they temporarily worked together against a common enemy; when that enemy was destroyed,they no longer had a reason to get along. So the USSR decided to turn“their” side of Germany into aseparate, communist country to serve as a buffer against the rest of Europe, just in case the tension led to another war.339Views
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