WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Later that same year, France officially merged its occupied territory with Bizonia, creating the Federal Republic of Germany, or what became known as West Germany. 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-2: -Europe After World War II. Russia and some other countries were also in ruins after the war. Germany was partitioned (divided) soon after World War II ended into two separate parts: West Germany and East Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -They divided Korea into two zones along the 38th parallel; the Soviets settled in the north and the Americans in the south. The tensions between the two Koreas with their different ideologies led to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, which ended in a stalemate in 1953 without a formalized peace treaty.

Detailed explanation-5: -Construction of the Berlin Wall begins. The Wall became a symbol of the Iron Curtain in Europe because it was a physical barrier between communist East Berlin and capitalist West Berlin. Its purpose was to prevent East Germans from defecting to the West.