Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...become. The cold war's first frosts were felt in the months after V-E day in 1945 over Soviet attempts to force the Allies out of Berlin and consolidate Soviet control over Germany. The Soviets were determined that the Germans would never rise again and that their obedient Prussian and Saxon servants would rule permanently in East Germany. As elsewhere in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union could influence events only as long as it was willing to use its military power...