... to take on a very distinct nature. With the U.S.S.R having all of Eastern Germany, which held the city of Berlin. The United States, French, and the British had control of the West. To many people that lived in the Eastern half of Germany nothing changed. They were under the ... Russians opposed any government run by any western powers and took many measures to prevent this new government from staying in power (Prittie 38-39). On June 24, 1948 the Soviets shut down the "service on the stretch of railroad between Berlin and Helmstedt, which was the main ... next significant change in pos...

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