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Germany Post Ww2 Source Analysis Essay

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Nandini Vasa
Mr. Keller
U.S. History (1)
1/5/2017
Occupation of Germany post WW2

"Allied Occupation of Germany, 1945-52."U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, 20 Jan. 2009. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.

Source Analysis:
Source type: Secondary
Developed by: U.S. Department of State
Publisher: U.S. Department of State
When: January 20, 2001
Fact based & credible & explain why: This source contains no biased information, just facts along with credible references to dates and names of events. It fully coincides with information that can be found from other sources as well.

Notes (facts, statistics, quotes, and paraphrased information)
The United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and France took a part in occupying Germany after WWII …show more content…

South China Morning Post, 24 Feb. 1993. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.

Source Analysys:
Source type: Secondary
Developed by: Staff reporter
Publisher: South China Morning Post
When: February 24, 1993
Fact based & credible & explain why:This source contains no biased information, just facts along with credible references to dates and names of events. It fully coincides with information that can be found from other sources as well.

Notes (facts, statistics, quotes, and paraphrased information)
The Potsdam Conference in 1945 stated that they wanted to put back Germany’s economy together, however, the other powers had a conflict of interest during their occupation which led to drastic differences between East and West Germany.
Different policies were set on either sides, and there were conflicts between the U.S. and Russian zones.
The Soviet Union stopped the manufacturing of equipments, which was a major source of money of the reparations, on the other hand, in West Germany, there was a greater concentration on building up the economy.
In March 1946, a consensus was reached on the industrial plan, from which the U.S.withdrew from due to distrust on Russia. Moreover, they also disagreed on how to reconstruct

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