The Crumbling Wall
The Crumbling Wall
YALTA CONFERENCE
LEADERS FROM UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND SOVIET UNION HELD THE YALTA CONFERENCE THE CONFERENCE CAME TO THE AGREEMENT TO SPLIT GERMANY INTO FOUR OCCUPATION ZONES THE FRENCH ZONE IN THE FAR WEST; THE BRITISH ZONE IN THE NORTHWEST; THE AMERICAN ZONE IN THE SOUTH AND THE SOVIET ZONE IN THE EAST
ECONOMIC MIRACLE - INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CLIMBED - AN ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE, MORE JOB OPPORTUNITY AND MORE HOUSES -GERMAN LIVING STANDARD IN THE WEST IMPROVED EUROPEAN DEFENSE COMMUNITY (EDC) - TO DEFEND WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE SOVIET THREAT -PROPOSED BY THE GERMANY]S PARTNER IN THE COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
THE PARTY ADVOCATED PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PRODUCTIVE PROPERTY AND ONLY LIMITED STATE CONTROL OVER THE ECONOMY
A REVISIONIST VERSION OF MARXISM; FAVORED NATIONALIZATION OF INDUSTRY AND RIGID STATE CONTROLS ON LARGE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. THEY OPPOSED MILITARY ALIGNMENT WITH THE WESTERN ALLIES AND INSISTED NATIONAL REUNION
WILLY BRANDT THE CHANCELLOR OF WEST GERMANY FROM 1969-1974. PROMOTE DTENTE MEANING RELAXING OF TENSIONS OSTPOLITIK: IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN WEST AND EAST GERMANY
EAST GERMANY (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) WALTER ULBRICHT (1950-1971) HE ABOLISHED THE STATES AND TURNED INTO 14 SMALLER DISTRICTS
CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
ERICH HONECKER (CHIEF POLITICAL ARCHITECT OF THE BERLIN WALL) MAINTAIN THE RIGID COMMUNIST POLICIES THAT ALMOST BANKRUPTED THE EAST GERMANY
HONECKER]S REGIME
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FOOD SHORTAGES LIMITED NUMBER OF GOODS IN EAST GERMANY OCTOBER 1989, HONECKER RESIGNED
ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1989 AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY EAST GERMAN GOV]T OFFICIAL GUNTER SCHABOWSKI THAT THE BORDER GATES WERE OFFICIALLY OPEN.
AFTER THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN, EAST AND WEST GERMANY REUNIFIED INTO A SINGLE GERMAN STATE ON OCTOBER 3, 1990.
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Presented By: Ma. Angelica D. Solano MD