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This essay should be about 1,000 words long, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. It is worth 120 points and should address the topic below.
- What, in your opinion, were the major problems that emerged from the fall of the wall for the newly united Germany? Could some of these problems have been avoided? How? In answering these questions, you need to reflect upon and refer to the various events outlined in this lesson. Who were the players during the "two plus four" negotiations and what were their interests? What was the overall mood in Germany at the time and how would the alternatives you suggest have affected that mood?
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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➢ Summary of the unification
➢ Problems faced during the unification
➢ How the problems could have been avoided.
MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT EMERGED AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
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The fall of the Berlin wall, and the subsequent unification of East and west Germany had
far reaching effects on the newly founded nation. The unification process involved USA, Russia,
France, the UK and both east and west Germany. In the unification process, each party had its own
vested interests, which made the entire process more complicated that it ought to have been. For
east and west Germany, their goal was to have a unified Germany and to bring families that had
been separated by the war together. On the other hand, the US, and its allies UK and France wanted
to cement Germany into an economically strong capitalist nation and to prevent the expansion of
communism further west. On its part, Russia wanted to retain its influence over east Germany and
its occupied territory of Konigsberg, currently Kaliningrad.
Despite the majority of the Germans welcoming the reunification and feeling proud of
German unity, many problems emerged in the months following the momentous events. The
Unification of the West and East Germany was mainly pushed by external forces that did not care
about some of the internal problems that could affect (Van den Abeelen, 2017). The parties that
were involved during the Unification negations did not care much about the expense of unifying
the east and west Germany, and were more concerned with fulfilling their interests. Subsequently,
the country was pushed into significant economic problems in...
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