History A-Level
Cold War division
What Cold War division means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cold War division
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The political rupture caused by the Cold War cemented Germany's formal division into two distinct political entities: the capitalist FRG in the West and the communist GDR in the East.
Topics that use Cold War division
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – only) The Nazi experiment, 1929–1949 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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