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Propaganda
How it Works and How it destroyed a Country
After World War II ended, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east. Berlin, the capital city situated in Soviet territory, was also divided into four occupied zones.
The victorious Allies ceded roughly 25% of Germany’s pre-Anschluss territory to Poland and the Soviet Union. The German population in this area was expelled. Between 1.5 and 2 million are said to have died in the process.
Catastrophe that could have been prevented
The old and modern world is filled with Manipulators at every step of the way. People are motivated by power, money, fame, jealousy, lust, anger, etc. These things have had and currently is making people do crazy things.
A common thing that remains a common theme with Pre-WW2 Germany is how Propaganda drew an entire country to ruins.
For more than 30 years after the World war 2 ended, the entire country of Germany remained split that finally ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989.
