West Germany
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West Germany (Inf. German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland), from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its states became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany. From 1990 onwards, the Federal Republic of Germany has been simply known as Germany.
At the onset of the Cold War following Germany's defeat in World War II, Germany was divided into two states, along with two special territories (the Saarland and Berlin). The Federal Republic claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, considering itself a democratically re-organized German Reich on the grounds that the East German government was not democratically elected and thus not legitimate. After a popular vote, the Saarland joined West Germany as a state (Land) in 1957. West Berlin, although legally not a part of West...
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