text: in what ways was germany the "front line" in the cold war ?   immediately after world war two, germany was divided in to two, west germany which was controlled by usa, britian and france whilst east germany was in the hands of the ussr (soviet union) under control of stalin. it was thought of as the front line because both sides, the allies and the soviet union had troops amassed on either side. behind east germany were all the terrorities under the control of the soviet union which they had captured during world war two and similarly behind west germany were countries the usa, britian and allies had liberated from the nazi's. there was also a wall erected over the years by the east germans known as "the berlin wall" which divided east from west germany