<P> As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II , Germany was cut between the two global blocs in the East and West , a period known as the division of Germany . Germany was stripped of its war gains and lost territories in the east to Poland and the Soviet Union . At the end of the war , there were in Germany some eight million foreign displaced persons ; mainly forced laborers and prisoners ; including around 400,000 from the concentration camp system , survivors from a much larger number who had died from starvation , harsh conditions , murder , or being worked to death . Over 10 million German - speaking refugees arrived in Germany from other countries in Central and Eastern Europe . Some 9 million Germans were POWs , many of whom were kept as forced laborers for several years to provide restitution to the countries Germany had devastated in the war , and some industrial equipment was removed as reparations . </P>
<P> As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II , Germany was cut between the two global blocs in the East and West , a period known as the division of Germany . Germany was stripped of its war gains and lost territories in the east to Poland and the Soviet Union . At the end of the war , there were in Germany some eight million foreign displaced persons ; mainly forced laborers and prisoners ; including around 400,000 from the concentration camp system , survivors from a much larger number who had died from starvation , harsh conditions , murder , or being worked to death . Over 10 million German - speaking refugees arrived in Germany from other countries in Central and Eastern Europe . Some 9 million Germans were POWs , many of whom were kept as forced laborers for several years to provide restitution to the countries Germany had devastated in the war , and some industrial equipment was removed as reparations . </P>
why was germany divided into two countries after world war ii
why was germany divided into two countries after world war ii
a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II