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What is the point of history?

Zero hour?

The postwar reconstruction of West Germany

Germany’s defeat in the Second World War is often seen as a decisive turning point in that country’s history. However, Germany’s postwar reconstruction was dependent on the attitudes of the Allies and came at the expense of a thorough ‘coming to terms’ with the Nazi past

The city of Dresden in Germany under reconstruction after the Second World War
© Riccardo Mancioli Archive & Historical/Alamy Stock Photo

AQA 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991

Edexcel Paper 3, Option 37.2 Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited

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