Post-War Germany and Berlin

The process of East and West Germany becoming one country again in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• Reunification

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

The western part of Berlin controlled by the U.S., Britain, and France.

• West Berlin

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

Response to the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin, the United States and Britain organized a massive airlift to fly in food, fuel, and supplies to over 2 million people.

• Berlin Airlift

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

An economic and political system where individuals and businesses own property and make decisions about what to produce, sell, and buy.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

• Berlin Blockade

A period of tension and rivalry (from about 1947–1991) between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• Cold War

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Occupation Zones

• Berlin Blockade

An economic and political system where the government owns all property and businesses. The government decides what jobs people have, what goods are produced, and how much things cost.

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

• Berlin Blockade

After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones, each controlled by one of the Allies (United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union).

• Occupation Zones

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Berlin Blockade

The eastern part of Berlin controlled by the Soviet Union after World War II.

• East Berlin

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

In 1948, the Soviet Union blocked all roads, railways, and canals into West Berlin to try to force the Allies to leave the city. This left over 2 million people cut off from food, fuel, and medicine.

• Berlin Blockade

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Cold War

• Occupation Zones

What event did Winston Churchill predict might be near in February 1945?

• The end of World War II

• World peace

• The rise of communism

• The formation of NATO