Bizonia & Currency Reform

Question 1

When was the Moscow Conference with Stalin?

Answer 1

March-April 1947

Question 2

Why was there a Moscow Conference?

Answer 2

Soviet opposition to Bizonia

Question 3

What did the USSR demand at the Moscow Conference?

Answer 3

A new central administration should be created

Question 4

When was the London Conference?

Answer 4

November-December 1947

Question 5

What did the USSR accuse the west of at the London Conference?

Answer 5

Unjustly denying USSR the reparations it was due

Question 6

What was the outcome of the London Conference?

Answer 6

-Western powers now recognised that a four-power control of Germany would not work
-There was now some urgency to strengthen the economy of the Western zones of Germany and move towards the creation of a West German State

Question 7

What was the outcome of the Moscow Conference?

Answer 7

No firm decisions on the future of Germany were reached

Question 8

What was agreed between February-June 1948?

Answer 8

A new currency - Deutsche Mark - introduced into the Western zones of Germany