After Germany lost in World War Two, the country was split into four zones of occupation that were controlled by the UK, US, France and the Soviet Union. The American, British and French sectors ...

Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat chancellor Helmut Kohl, the FRG soon expanded to include the territories of the GDR, invoking an article of its constitution that allowed it ...

The West’s newest ally, West Germany, was making a most disagreeable ... when Schäffer told the NATO council that the most prosperous country in Europe could not afford any more than 9 billion ...

Germany's election map highlights stark east-west divide across the country - New data from Germany's national election highlights a significant political divide as the far-right gains ground in the e ...

West Germany was a capitalist democracy with a prosperous economy, while East Germany was a communist country with a very poor economy. The border between East and West Germany shut in 1952 ...

Dale said that the feeling that Germany’s east had been carved up to line the pockets of West German businessmen remained strong in the country’s economically stagnant eastern regions. “ ...