In the period of 1948 to 1989, Germany split into two separate counties, one being The Federal Republic of Germany otherwise known as West Germany and the other was The German Democratic Republic (East Germany). West Germany was very dominate compared to East Germany in almost everything from economics, citizen life, and government control. West Germany’s economics booming, and they were a role model for other countries around the world while East Germany was poor and very controlled. Similarly, North and South Korea split around the same time, but they still have very strong tensions and are still very different countries. North Korea is known as a threat around the world and is very secretive and poor much like East Germany was. South Korea is free and has good economics through their country. With Korea split and the population so divided much like Germany, they have a lot of similarities. The only main differences are that North and South Korea has not reunited as one again. …show more content…
The Cold War divided them between the Allies in the West and the Soviets in the East. In June of 1948 to May of 1949, The Soviet Union stopped all ground travel into Berlin and this was the start of the divide between the East and the West. The population in West Germany was living a good life and had a free government; on the other side of Germany, the population was tightly controlled by the government. East Germany had secret police called “Stasi” and they controlled daily life in Eastern Germany. Life in West Germany was very similar to how we live life here in the United States, people lived a “normal” life and were uncontrolled. In East Germany there was no capitalism and jobs were decided for you, but they did have a high employment rate because of this. When the wall fell in 1989, the western ways made their way to eastern Germany