1949 ⟶ Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany

May 23: Creation of NATO-backed Federal Republic of Germany ...
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🇩🇪 Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

January 30: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.⟶
Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany (1933)
NazismFascismAdolf HitlerWeimar RepublicPolitical PowerTotalitarianismWorld War IIPolitical TransitionDictatorship
GermanyGermany

🇩🇪 Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany

May 23: Creation of NATO-backed Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).⟶
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949)
Cold WarNATOPost-World War IIFederalismWestern BlocGeopoliticsReconstruction
GermanyGermany

🧱 Berlin Wall Construction Begins

August 13: Construction of the Berlin Wall.⟶
Berlin Wall Construction Begins (1961)
Cold WarEast GermanyWest GermanyBerlinIron CurtainDivided GermanyPolitical DivisionCommunismSoviet Union
GermanyGermany

💣 Baader-Meinhof Group Suicide and Schleyer Murder Concludes Crisis

October 19: Suicide of members of Baader-Meinhoff Group and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer ends crisis in West Germany.⟶
Baader-Meinhof Group Suicide and Schleyer Murder Concludes Crisis (1977)
TerrorismCold WarWest GermanyPolitical ViolenceCrisis
GermanyGermany

🇩🇪 Reunification of Germany

October 3: German reunification.⟶
Reunification of Germany (1990)
Cold WarGerman HistoryPolitical TransitionNationalismEastern BlocWestern BlocEuropean Integration
GermanyGermany