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Germania 1945 (8 maggio) - 1990 (1 luglio) CercaDefinizione
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Germany was occupied by the Allied Powers (the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France). As a result of the cold war that developed between the western Allies and the Soviet Union, Germany was split between east and west, with the zones of the three western Allies merging to become West Germany (officially on May 23, 1949) and the Soviet zone forming East Germany (again officially on October 7, 1949). While West Germany saw numerous line of governments (from the Christian Democratic coalitions of Konrad Adenaur, 1949-1963, Ludwig Erhard, 1963-1966, and Helmut Kohl, 1982 to 1990, to the Social Democratic interlude of Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt, 1969-1982), East Germany was ruled solely by communist premiers (Walther Ulbricht, 1949-1971, and Erich Honecker, 1971-1989, leaders of the so-called Socialist Unity Party, a merger of the Social Democrats and the Communists). The two German states existed for 40 years, until the collapse of communism in eastern Europe in autumn 1989 resulted in the dissolution of East Germany and its eventual unification with West Germany in October 1990. (en-US)
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Wegs, J. Robert. Europe Since 1945 : A Concise History. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.