Rarely has a city been the focus of attention for so long. During the Cold War, the eyes of the world kept returning to Berlin. For over four decades, as the USA and USSR continued their longrunning conflict, it could be said that the historic capital of Germany was the most important city in the world. But why and how did this happen?
The aggressive actions of Nazi Germany were responsible for much devastation during the Second World War and its opponents wanted to make sure that Germany would not slide back into totalitarian dictatorship. At the conferences at Yalta and Potsdam, held as the war came to a close, the victorious Allies — Britain, France, the USA and USSR — agreed to split Germany into four zones, each occupied and controlled by one country.
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