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During the Cold War, especially during its early years, the East German government attempted to build closer diplomatic relations and trade links between Iceland and East Germany. By the 1950s, East Germany had become Iceland's fifth largest trading partner.
- Eastern Bloc
In Western Europe, the term Eastern Bloc generally referred...
- Eastern Bloc
It was later shown that although these events were subsequently used for cold war propaganda purposes against the Soviet Union, the main reason for halting shipments east was not the behaviour of the USSR but rather the recalcitrance of France. [9]
In Western Europe, the term Eastern Bloc generally referred to the USSR and Central and Eastern European countries in the Comecon (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania).
A map showing East Germany (orange) and its neighbouring states. East Germany was a socialist nation, formed in 1949 following the division of Germany into two parts. It was, in many respects, the epicentre of the Cold War – a border zone where the Soviet bloc and the West abutted, and a proving ground for socialist economic policies.
The continued division of Germany during the Cold War turns the Berlin Wall and innner German border into a flashpoint of the conflict between East and West.
15 gru 2009 · On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin.
5 dni temu · The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. It divided the city of Berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones.
