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May 2, 2024 · German reunification, the reuniting of East Germany and West Germany into the country of Germany in 1990. The process put a formal end to World War II, guaranteed the western borders of Poland, inspired a drive to greater European integration, and ensured the election of Helmut Kohl as the first.
3 days ago · In April 1951, West Germany joined with France, Italy and the Benelux countries in the European Coal and Steel Community (forerunner of the European Union). The outbreak of the Korean War (June 1950) led to Washington calling for the rearmament of West Germany in order to defend western Europe from the Soviet threat.
May 9, 2024 · Berlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948–49, to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin.
3 days ago · When the Basic Law was adopted on May 23, 1949, it applied only to the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, which was formally established on the same day. This comprised the three...
3 days ago · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany, including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers, professionals, and ...
1 day ago · West Germany joined NATO in 1955 and was a founding member of the European Economic Community. On 1 January 1957, the Saarland joined West Germany. East Germany was an Eastern Bloc state under political and military control by the Soviet Union via occupation forces and the Warsaw Pact.
4 days ago · When West and East Germany were reunited in 1990, the official name of West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) was adopted by the former East German state. Hence, there was no change in the name of Germany. Why do we call it Germany instead of Deutschland?
