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What was Hitler's prime reason for wanting to take Poland?
1. To annex Danzig and the area of Poland separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany. 2. To expand.
Was bavaria part of prussia?
In 1866 Prussia annexed Hanover and turned it into a Prussian province. It remained part of Prussia till 1933, when the Nazis abolished the various states in Germany.
Why was there a East Berlin and a West Berlin?
West Berlin was democratic, controlled by West Germany. East Berlin was Communist, controlled by the Soviets and East Germany. Just to be confusing..... East Germany was called the GDR, the German Democratic Republic. It was that in name, it was not that in actual fact !
What happened on September 11 1989 in Germany?
Early in September 1989 about 15,000 people from the then German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had travelled to Hungary in the hope of being allowed to travel onwards, through Austria, to the Federal Repbulic of Germany (West Germany). (At the time it was very difficult for East Germans to get permission to travel to the West, but travel to other Eastern Bloc countries was much easier). The Hungarian government was embarrassed by the influx of refugees from East Germany and on 11 September 1989 it opened its border with Austria permanently, and amid much media publicity, the East Germans in Hungary travelled on to West Germany. In effect, the Hungarian government lifted (or breached) the Iron Curtain separating the Eastern Bloc from the rest of Europe. For East Germany and the other Soviet satellite states it was the beginning of the end. Before 1989 was over, all the East European dictators outside the Soviet Union had been overthrown.
Why was the polish corridor given to Poland?
The Polish Corridor is also often referred to as the 'Danzig Corridor' was created at the end of the First World War as a method to give the re-created Poland access to the Baltic Sea by granting a portion of Pomerania in West Prussia (previously a part of Germany) to Poland. This political action geographically separated the German province of East Prussia from the rest of Germany and created international tensions betwen Poland & Germany over the borders and the treatment of ethnic Germans inside Poland. Adolf Hitler used the political tensions concerning the Polish Corridor to threaten Poland and further increase the tension to the point of a crisis in August 1939, that Hitler then used as an excuse to invade & defeat Poland in September 1939, which began the Second World War in Europe.
Which separated Germany into two parts. The Polish Corridor is at .?
Poland's Gdansk (or Dantzig) corridor separated East Prussia from the rest of Germany.
How is Denmark connected to the rest of the world?
Denmark is connected to Germany.
What was Hitler's prime reason for wanting to take Poland?
1. To annex Danzig and the area of Poland separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany. 2. To expand.
What war unified Prussia with the rest of the German states to form Germany?
The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
Was bavaria part of prussia?
In 1866 Prussia annexed Hanover and turned it into a Prussian province. It remained part of Prussia till 1933, when the Nazis abolished the various states in Germany.
Why did Germany go through Poland to get to the north sea?
Germany is adjacent to the North Sea. Poland is east of Germany, away from the North Sea. The Baltic Sea is adjacent on the north to both Germany & Poland. Germany would not need to go through Poland to get to the North Sea or the the Baltic Sea. However, the Polish navy in 1939 sent ships from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea by traveling west and north past Germany, and around Denmark. Or you may be thinking about the fact that in 1939 before WW2 started that Poland had a sliver of land called the Danzig corridor (by the Germans) that connected Poland to the Baltic Sea. However this piece of Poland cut through the old WW1 Germany boundaries, causing Germany's East Prussia to be separated on land from the rest of Germany. Look at a 1919-1939 map of Europe.
What was life in West Germany like?
The same as the rest of free Europe.
How is East Germany after almost two decades of reunification?
East Germany has since modernized and caught up with the rest of the world; however, if you have ever walked through Berlin, differences between the west and the east sides are obvious. The east side is not as modern as the west side, and in East Berlin, you can still see bullet holes in buildings. East Germany has since modernized and caught up with the rest of the world; however, if you have ever walked through Berlin, differences between the west and the east sides are obvious. The east side is not as modern as the west side, and in East Berlin, you can still see bullet holes in buildings.
Was Germany broken into smaller nations?
Until Otto von Bismarck unified Germany in the 1860s creating the "Second Reich" Germany consisted of many small independently ruled nations. From 1920 until 1939 the East Prussian state of Germany was separated from the rest of Germany by the Danzig corridor of Poland, but was still politically part of Germany and not a separate nation. From 1945 until 1990 Germany was partitioned into West Germany and East Germany.
What is between Germany and Poland?
If your question is about geography, the answer is nothing, the two nations share a common border. The Poles are unfortunate in that their land has no natural, or defensible boundaries. So, over the centuries any invader can pretty much just roll right in, from any direction. This led to Poland's disappearance from the map as an independent nation in the 1700s. Poland reappeared when maps were redrawn as part of the Versailles Peace Conference process following WWI. In between the world wars Germany was geographically divided because the Versailles Peace Conference gave Poland the city of Danzig, on the Baltic Sea, so the newly resurrected Poland would have an ocean outlet. The city of Danzig (Gdansk today) was connected to the rest of Poland by a long, narrow strip of territory running south from Danzig to where the bulk of Poland was then. This was called the "Danzig Corridor", and part of Germany, East Prussia, was to the east of the Corridor, and separated from the rest of Germany by this corridor. You may be sure Hitler despised the Danzig Corridor.
What was east Berlin?
At the end of World War II, Berlin (as well as the rest of the Germany) was split into four separate parts. Each part was under the control of the military of one of the four countries that won the war- the US, the UK, France and the USSR. In 1949, as the Cold War was starting between the USSR and the other three countries, the American, British and French parts were joined together to become West Berlin (and West Germany for the rest of the country). The Soviet part of Berlin became East Berlin (and the Soviet part of Germany became East Germany).
Does the Berlin wall help the East Germany improve economy and way of life?
Not at all.East Berlin,as like the rest of East Germany,became a communist state under Russia.While this was the case,East Germany suffered badly,through lack of essential goods and services,akin to the problems Russia itself was experiening.Life was harsh and backward,not progressive in any way,for the average person anyway.
