Episode 271 GEORGE H W BUSH 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History (Part 12) The Reunification of Germany A

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Here is one of the great stories of the Bush Administration and of World History. After 4 decades of separation the people of Germany would be one country again.  Though the Berlin Wall had come crashing down just 11 months before, this was the big moment for the German People, but it did not come without a lot of high level negotiations that involved horse trading, and skilled diplomacy. The other countries of Europe had not forgotten the Germany of two different World Wars and they were also aware that they would be creating an economic powerhouse in the center of Europe, the moment the two countries were reunited. 

Margaret Thatcher was opposed, Mikhail Gorbachev was opposed, and Francois Mitterrand was so opposed he famously said "He loved Germany so much that he thought there should be two of them", so who was for it other than Helmut Kohl of West Germany? The answer to that was the President of the United States, George H. W. Bush. It would be his goal, and his Secretary of State's skills that would make it happen. It is an incredible story, and one we hope we captured, with a lot of documentary help, in this episode of our podcast. 

It took 11 months from the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it is an incredible tale to tell, but one that has allowed the people of Germany to finally be whole after a half century of being divided, as the price it paid for the days under the Nazi regime. 

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