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Learn how the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall divided Germany into two countries: East and West Germany, and how they reunited in 1990. See the map of the former East Germany, including Berlin, and its population and economic differences with the West.
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- Four Allies, Four Occupation Zones
- Rifts Between Soviet and Other Occupied Zones
- Tensions Lead to The Berlin Blockade
- Berlin Airlift Breaks Blockade
In July of 1945, the “Big Three” met again at the Potsdam Conference. At Yalta, the Allies had agreed to a broad framework that included the demilitarization, democratization and denazification of Germany. With the war officially over, it was time to initiate a “nuts and bolts” action plan for an Allied occupation of Germany. Instead of administeri...
From the start, the Soviets ran their occupation zone very differently than the British, French and Americans. “The Soviet army and Russian civilians had suffered terribly at the hands of the Nazis during the war,” says Boghardt. “So when it came to carrying out the joint directive of denazification, for example, they not only arrested Nazi officia...
In 1947, Great Britain and the United States decided to merge their two occupation zones in order to foster more economic cooperation between the regions. The large new territory was called “Bizonia” referring to the two zones that made up its borders. Then the western Allies took things a step further by stepping up economic aid to Bizonia and the...
The Americans, British and French responded with the Berlin Airlift, a months-long air campaign to drop food and fuel into West Berlin that ultimately broke the Soviet blockade in 1949. Later that same year, France officially merged its occupied territory with Bizonia, creating the Federal Republic of Germany, or what became known as West Germany. ...
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Light grey: territories annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union; dark grey: West Germany (formed from the US, UK and French occupation zones, including West Berlin); red: East Germany (formed from the Soviet occupation zone, including East Berlin).
The inner German border ( German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990.
- 1945
- 1945–90
- Up to 4 metres (13 ft)
- East Germany
30. Sept. 2020 · The geographical division through the middle of Germany may have vanished from maps — but not so much from minds, as DW's Dana Regev has learned. A gesture of unity after the Wall was breached...
See a map of Germany in 1960, where the front line between East and West in the Cold War divides the country into two. Learn about the history of Germany's defeat in World War 1, the Treaty of Versailles, the rise and fall of Nazism, and the division of the country into West and East Germany.
11. Sept. 2020 · This web page shows how Germany is still divided by east and west in various aspects of life, such as politics, economy, religion, education, and sport. It also provides maps and data to illustrate the differences and contrasts between the two regions.