Compare And Contrast Soviet Policies In Germany Between 1945 And 1947

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Compare and contrast US and Soviet policies in Germany between 1945 and 1947

After Germany was defeated, the Allied powers agreed on turning Germany into a four state country and they removed the old government. In those states they implemented policies in each zone; however some policies were abandoned such as reparations. The US and Soviet Union policies that were created between 1945-47 opposed each other and contrasted, these lead to relations between them getting worse or tensions increased between them and these policies were about the way they dealt with their economy in their occupied zones. There were some similarities and differences though between the two countries in Germany between 1845 and 1947.

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