The 20th century, also known as the "Century of Bloodshed", first of all, the First World War, which occurred in the early 20th century, around the world hegemony and colonial issues, the European powers launched a huge war, the number of participants reached 65 million, in four years, more than 30 countries and 1.5 billion people were involved, the economy suffered a fatal blow. Just after the end of the war, I thought that the world would rest for a while, who expected that after only nearly 20 years, the Second World War would start again, whether it was in scale or in a tragic degree, it would be far beyond the First World War.
Germany, as the initiator of the two world wars, after the end of the war, was controlled by Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union, of which Britain, France and the United States occupied the western region of Germany, and then in order to restore the economy, the Western occupying countries implemented a currency reform policy here, but because such monetary policy was only implemented in western Germany alone, the Soviet Union believed that it violated the Potsdam Agreement, and thus began to implement currency reform in the eastern region. This incident directly led to the division of Germany into East and West Germany.
In order to better control East Germany, the Soviet Union sent many soldiers to station here to confront the US-led NATO. If the U.S. side had acted too aggressively, the Soviet Union would have been able to quickly strike back at West Germany. You know, the soviet union's military strength is not a joke, at its peak, the Soviet Union has more than 100,000 aircraft, submarines reached thousands, in the Cold War period, the Soviet Union already has a trinity of nuclear strike capabilities, the most important thing is that there are tens of thousands of nuclear warheads, the equivalent of more than 10 billion tons, the Soviet Union a move, Western countries have been contained. As the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union became increasingly tense, the Soviet Union also continued to increase its troops to East Germany, reaching more than 300,000 people.
Not long after, the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, until the famous Berlin Wall was also torn down, East Germany and West Germany were once again merged, some countries saw the Soviet Union problems, began to demand independence, followed by the demand for the withdrawal of this group of garrisoned troops, but due to the shortage of materials at that time, the process of returning to the country was delayed again and again, for a full 5 years. But the dramatic scene is that by the time they reach the halfway point, the Soviet Union has disintegrated, causing them to actually go back to the moment, the country is gone.
Due to the large number of troops returning to China, many people continued to stay in the former East German territory, and the country could not be resettled temporarily, the Soviet Union and Germany negotiated, and Germany expressed its willingness to contribute 11 billion US dollars to support these soldiers, but in fact, this part of the people has been limited to military bases. After Russia's independence, after a period of reorganization, it was not until 1994 that all 300,000 troops returned home.