Ostpolitik was a policy initiated by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in the late 1960s and early 1970s, aimed at improving relations with East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union. It sought to ease tensions and foster cooperation between East and West Germany, as well as with other Eastern Bloc countries, during the Cold War.

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What Was Ostpolitik

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What was Ostpolitik?

A) The policy that forced East Germany to remain culturally isolated from West Germany.
B) A means of reconciling West Germany's policies with the Communist East German government.
C) The perpetuation of the arms race between East and West.
D) A cultural program that elevated Eastern Germany sports, academics, and arts above the West.
E) The law that students in East Germany could temporarily study "abroad" in Western European nations.

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