USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, however, Soviet troops were in complete control of eastern Germany and all of Berlin.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the end of World War II, the main Allied powers-the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union-divided Germany into two zones. The Soviet Union occupied East Germany and installed a rigidly controlled communist state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The piece of land known as Kaliningrad Oblast is a disconnected area from Russia that the country still owns. It formerly belonged to the Germans and was known as Konigsberg until it was taken over by Soviet forces in 1945 during World War II.