Why Was West Germany Allowed to Build an Army After

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why was West Germany allowed to build an army after 1955?

• A)The agreements preventing Germany from building an army expired in 1955, a decade after the war ended.
• B)A German army would permit Germany to assist in the defense of Europe from attack by the Soviet Union.
• C)France and Great Britain were convinced that Germany had embraced democracy and abandoned militarism.
• D)The United States decided to withdraw troops from Germany in order to shift them to the growing conflict in Asia.

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