WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They disputed the Soviet occupation of East Berlin.
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They encouraged rebellion in Soviet satellite states.
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They fortified the border with East Germany.
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They helped western Germany rebuild its economy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What action did the Western Allies take after World War II that caused the Soviets to strengthen their hold on East Germany? They helped western Germany rebuild its economy. What did the Soviet Union do during Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939? It attacked Poland from the east as part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. The brainchild of U.S. Secretary of State George C.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alarmed by the new U.S. policy of giving economic aid to Germany and other struggling European nations, as well as efforts by the Western Allies to introduce a single currency to the zones they occupied in Germany and Berlin, the Soviets blocked all rail, road and canal access to the western zones of Berlin.
Detailed explanation-4: -To help rebuild the country, the Soviet government obtained limited credits from Britain and Sweden; it refused assistance offered by the United States under the Marshall Plan. Instead, the Soviet Union coerced Soviet-occupied Central and Eastern Europe to supply machinery and raw materials.