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Cold War (The Soviets and Germans had a non-aggression pact in the first…
Cold War
The Soviets and Germans had a non-aggression pact in the first two years of the war with a secret protocol
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
For his part, Hitler wanted a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union so that his armies could invade Poland virtually unopposed by a major power, after which Germany could deal with the forces of France and Britain in the west without having to simultaneously fight the Soviet Union on a second front in the east.
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The Allies allowing Germany to rebuild an industry and army, scrapping the Marshall and Morgenthau plans
Morgenthau's proposal for the partition of Germany from his 1945 book Germany is Our Problem.
The Morgenthau Plan by the Allied occupation of Germany following World War II was a proposal to eliminate Germany's ability to wage war by eliminating its arms industry, and the removal or destruction of other key industries basic to military strength.
While the Morgenthau Plan had some influence on Allied planning for the occupation of Germany, it was not adopted. US occupation policies aimed at "industrial disarmament",[2] but contained a number of deliberate "loopholes", limiting any action to short-term military measures and preventing large-scale destruction of mines and industrial plants,
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The Soviet Union’s actions in Eastern Germany, in the Soviet zone
Soviets blockade West Berlin. ... The Soviet Union occupied most of eastern Germany, while the other Allied nations occupied western Germany
The German capital of Berlin was similarly divided into four zones of occupation. Almost immediately, differences between the United States and the Soviet Union surfaced.
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