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The Bundeswehr ( German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- German Army
The German Army (German: Heer, 'army') is the land component...
- Command and Obedience in The Bundeswehr
The principle of command and obedience in the Bundeswehr...
- Inspector General
The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (German:...
- German Navy
The German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine, pronounced...
- German Army
Germania de Vest sau Germania Occidentală (în germană Westdeutschland) sau Republica Federală Germania ( RFG, în germană Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BDR) a fost numele zonelor de ocupație britanică, americană și franceză din Germania de după cel de- Al Doilea Război Mondial și posterior retragerii acestora, până în momentul ...
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Before reunification, Germany was divided between the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany; commonly known as West Germany) and the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR; German Democratic Republic; commonly known as East Germany). Reunification was achieved by accession (Beitritt) of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal ...
On 4–11 February 1945 leaders from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union held the Yalta Conference where future arrangements regarding post-war Europe and Allied strategy against Japan in the Pacific were negotiated. They agreed that the boundaries of Germany as at 31 December 1937 would be chosen as demarcating German nationa...
The West German Wirtschaftswunder ("economic miracle", coined by The Times) began in 1950. This improvement was sustained by the currency reform of 1948 which replaced the Reichsmark with the Deutsche Markand halted rampant inflation. The Allied dismantling of the West German coal and steel industry finally ended in 1950. As demand for consumer goo...
Population and vital statistics
Total population of West Germany from 1950 to 1990, as collected by the Statistisches Bundesamt.
Religion
Religious affiliation in West Germany decreased from the 1960s onward.Religious affiliation declined faster among Protestants than among Catholics, causing the Roman Catholic Church to overtake the EKD as the largest denomination in the country during the 1970s.
The official position of West Germany concerning East Germany at the outset was that the West German government was the only democratically elected, and therefore the only legitimate, representative of the German people. According to the Hallstein Doctrine, any country (with the exception of the USSR) that recognised the authorities of the German D...
Political life in West Germany was remarkably stable and orderly. The Adenauer era (1949–63) was followed by a brief period under Ludwig Erhard (1963–66) who, in turn, was replaced by Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966–69). All governments between 1949 and 1966 were formed by the united caucus of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Un...
In many aspects, German culture continued in spite of the dictatorship and wartime. Old and new forms coexisted next to each other, and the American influence, already strong in the 1920s, grew.
In West Germany, most of the political agencies and buildings were located in Bonn, while the German Stock Market was located in Frankfurt which became the economic center. The judicial branch of both the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) and the highest Court of Appeals, were located in Karlsruhe. The West German gover...
Primary sources
1. Beate Ruhm Von Oppen, ed. Documents on Germany under Occupation, 1945–1954 (Oxford University Press, 1955) online
May 8, 2023 · Berlin-Karlshorst, 8 maj 1945, ora 23:45. Feldmareshali Wilhelm Keitel nënshkruan kapitullimin pa kushte të Wehrmacht-it gjerman. Të paktën kjo është data zyrtare e dokumentit.
Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event.
1 day ago · Pe 6 iunie se împlinesc 80 de ani de la debarcarea trupelor aliate în Normandia, în nord-vestul Franței, țară ocupată de Germania nazistă. Istoricul militar Ottmar Trașcă face o evaluare ...
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