History GCSE
Division of Germany and Berlin
What Division of Germany and Berlin means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Division of Germany and Berlin
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The wartime Allies split Germany and Berlin into zones, and the Western zones moved towards a separate West German state while the Soviet zone became East Germany.
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