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How did the Soviet Union maintain control of East Germany after World War II?

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The Soviet Union built the notorious Berlin wall in 1948 primarily to stop the residents of East Germany from fleeing to the Western part of Germany, which had, by then, merged the three territories held by France, Britain and the United States.Explanation:

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