USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -West Germany, or the Federal Republic of Germany, was officially established in May 1949. East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic, was established in October 1949. Under their occupying governments, the two Germanys followed very different paths.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1949, Germany formally split into two independent nations: the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR or West Germany), allied to the Western democracies, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany), allied to the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -In October of 1949, the Soviet Union responded with the establishment of the German Democratic Republic, a Communist state known as East Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -Germany was divided during the Cold War between the Western Bloc led by the United States and the Soviet Union in the Eastern Bloc, with the two countries (in East and West) not being united until 1990.

Detailed explanation-5: -The remainder of Germany was partitioned into four zones of occupation, coordinated by the Allied Control Council. The Saar was detached and put in economic union with France in 1947. In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was created out of the Western zones. The Soviet zone became the German Democratic Republic.