What happened in Germany at the end of the war?

Answer 1

Germany was crushed and forever altered by WWII. By the end of the war many battles had been fought on their soil resulting in most of the larger cities being wrecked. Electricity, water, telephone and other services had collapsed. The people in many parts were near starvation. In the eastern half of the country, where the Soviets occupied, there was mass rape of females of all ages. Germany was overwhelmed with wounded soldiers. Those who surrendered were in some cases released. The Germans taken prisoner by the Soviets were sent to distant work camps where many were killed/died. Many who survived were kept imprisoned for ten years after the war ended. About 20% of German territory was taken over by other nations, mostly Poland. Millions of German civilians living in these areas (some with roots back over a thousand years) were forcibly ejected. About two million were murdered by Polish and Soviet groups before they could escape to the new smaller Germany. Germans living in Bohemia and France were also ejected - their homes and lands confiscated. No aid was given to the Germans in the western (USA, French, and British) occupied portions of the country for a year or two after the war - it being deemed proper to provide aid only to those in other nations first. In eastern Germany, the Soviets did provide subsistence food rations for those who would work to rebuilt the state as a communist country. At the same time however, the Soviets stripped the nation of all that they could - power plants, entire factories, trains, etc. They even entered private homes and took out light and Plumbing fixtures and shipped them back to Russia. In modern history probably no nation has been so brutalized by war as Germany during and after WWII. "In modern history probably no nation has been so brutalized by war as Germany during and after WWII." It's important not to get carried away with one's own rhetoric. The way the Nazis treated many of the countries they occupied was even worse. Think, too, of the treatment of the Chinese at the hands of the Japanese. "No aid was given to the Germans in the western (USA, French, and British) occupied portions of the country for a year or two after the war". This seems to assume that it's a victor's duty to give aid to a defeated country. This is a novel notion. "Germany was crushed and forever altered by WWII". Don't forget the total **moral** bankruptcy of Germany at the end of the war. Don't forget, either, that the war wasn't some mysterious act of fate. A very large section of the German electorate, together with the traditional elites, chose (yes, chose) to entrust the country to a grotesque political weirdo. Moreover, they were very happy to let him gamble with the country's future. He gambled everything - and lost. Joncey

Answer 2

depends on which war, After WWI Germany was harshly punished and was forced to take blame for the war (even though Austria officially started it), pay millions of dollars in reparations (payments for damages), and spent the time between WWI and WWII in a depression somewhat similar in effect but not circumstance of America's great depression. After WWII much of Germany was in ruins. Although they were not punished as harshly as in WWI, they were given little to no assistance in rebuilding, Germany is still rebuilding today even though more than 60 years has passed since the end of the war.

Answer 3

they say he committed suicide in his bunker just hours before the Russians arrived. He was killed by a gunshot and cyanide poisoning but still wondering where Hitlers Remains are. Adolph Hitler was based in the underneath the Reich Chancellery building. Bomb proof and with its own air recycling plant, the complex had been built without a proper communication system. I believe the only question left is did he escape or was he actually the one dead.

Answer 4

America came from the west side and Russia came from the east side of Germany. Trapped them and captured them.

Answer 5

No, Germany was defeated.

Answer 6

The Battle of Berlin.