West Germany

West Germany was the informal English name for the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG from 1949 to 1990. During this period there existed another German state, largely to the east of the FRG, called the German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a Socialist state [i], which existed from 1949 to 1990 in the Soviet ...

, or GDR . This division was resultant from the ending of World War II

Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

The Allied [i] powers who defeated Germany [i] in World War II [i] divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line [i] ...

and the prosecution of the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i] ...

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1950 West Germany decides to fire all its communist officials

1951 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the Commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany.

1951 West Germany joins UNESCO

1952 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders.

1952 West Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations.

1952 Marshall Aid ends. , West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands form the European Coal and Steel community, the foundation organisation what will become the European Union.]]

1952 West Germany joins IMF.

1952 West Germany joins World Bank.

1952 Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg - Germany will pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks.

1953 USA gives West Germany 382 ships it captured during World War Two

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West Germany was the informal English name for the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG from 1949 to 1990. During this period there existed another German state, largely to the east of the FRG, called the German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a Socialist state [i], which existed from 1949 to 1990 in the Soviet ...

, or GDR . This division was resultant from the ending of World War II

Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

The Allied [i] powers who defeated Germany [i] in World War II [i] divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line [i] ...

and the prosecution of the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical [i], ideological [i], and economic [i]...

.