THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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West Berlin
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East Berlin
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -East Berlin was the de facto capital city of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Berlin Wall: The Partitioning of Berlin The Soviets took the eastern half, while the other Allies took the western.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union occupied East Germany and installed a rigidly controlled communist state. The other three Allies shared the occupation of West Germany and helped rebuild the country as a capitalist democracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -East Berlin, German Ost Berlin, eastern part of the city of Berlin (q.v.) that served as the capital of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until the reunification of the German state in 1990.