Both Germany and Austria were divided into four occupation zones following World War II, and Vienna was divided like Berlin. So why was there an East Germany and a Berlin Wall for so long but there was never an East Austria and a Vienna Wall?
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This is a bit of a misunderstanding of the geopolitics at the time as the USSR was actually initially in favor of a united Germany but the US didn’t want that as they feared that a united independent Germany would chose communism. This wasn’t too far a stretch given the communists were the ones who had adamantly resisted the rise of fascism and Germany had a failed communist revolution in 1920. Plus the communists were the ones who liberated them from Nazi rule. Dividing the country was a way to ensure that the US had a strong buffer state in the upcoming Cold War.
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