For two reasons: they had seen that keeping Germany poor and disorganized (as after the end of WW 1) only led to general resentment, to the rise of parties like the Nazi party and to a resumption of that earlier war. Secondly, the Allies quickly realized that they would need Germany as a first line of defence in case the USSR would try to extend its influence over - or even try to conquer - western European countries.
what was western allies response to the berlin blockade
At the time, Nazi Germany was pressing hard against the Soviet Union on the USSR's west. It would not be unreasonable to believe that Stalin wanted the Allies to invade Western Europe as a way of drawing off German troops, etc.
the marshall plan
Germany invaded Western Europe in 1939 and 1940.
Rebuild Germany and not take Russia.
The too soft hearted allies helped rebuild and feed the bombed out country following the war. That gave them a firm base on which to rebuild.
Germany did not win World War II. The axis powers, including Germany, were soundly defeated by the Allies. However, the Allies assisted the Germans to rebuild their country following the war.
For two reasons: they had seen that keeping Germany poor and disorganized (as after the end of WW 1) only led to general resentment, to the rise of parties like the Nazi party and to a resumption of that earlier war. Secondly, the Allies quickly realized that they would need Germany as a first line of defence in case the USSR would try to extend its influence over - or even try to conquer - western European countries.
After WWII, Germany was defeated by the allies and divided. East Germany was run by the USSR (Russians). Berlin, the capital, was located in East Germany, but was controlled by the USSR and the western allies. The Berlin wall was build to keep the East Germans in Eastern Berlin from entering Western Berlin of Western Germany.
1948
deutsche mark
Germany was able to fight a 2-front war in Western and Eastern Europe.
Germany was able to fight a 2-front war in Western and Eastern Europe.
By 1918, Germany and her allies had taken so many casualties the end of World War One could have been predicted. Germany had exhausted its manpower resources. For example, between 1914 and 1918, the Western allies had mobilized 47 million troops. Germany and her allies could only generate 25 million troops. To a large extent, this troop advantage gave the allies an edge.
Quite simply the Red Army got to Berlin before the Western Allies. The Western Allies were bogged-down in western Germany and had been held-back by the battle of the bulge and the harsh Ardennes winter in 1944.
Germany was divided into East and West Germany. West Germany was controlled by the western nations and East Germany was under Russian control.