WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
A
They kept the same political system
B
They unified into one democratic country
C
They unified into one communist country
D
They rebuilt the wall.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As part of the reunification, East and West Berlin of the two countries were also united into a single city; it eventually became the capital of the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War and, eventually, the Soviet Union. Soviet-occupied East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic, was reunited with West Germany on October 3, 1990. And the Soviet Union collapsed a year later.

Detailed explanation-3: -Soon the wall was gone and Berlin was united for the first time since 1945. “Only today, ” one Berliner spray-painted on a piece of the wall, “is the war really over.” The reunification of East and West Germany was made official on October 3, 1990, almost one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1949, Germany formally split into two independent nations: the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR or West Germany), allied to the Western democracies, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany), allied to the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Divided Germany After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east.

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