Berlin Time Line: 1945 - 1990; Berlin Wall Time Line Starts August 1961

After Germany's defeat in the Second World War, the four main allies in Europe - the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France - took part in a joint occupation of the German state. With the original understanding that the country would eventually be reunified, the Allied Powers agreed to share the responsibility of administering Germany and its capital, Berlin, and each took responsibility for a certain portion of the defeated nation.

Social pressures are undermining decades of achievement for the citizens of today.

Following the German military leaders’ unconditional surrender in May 1945, the country lay prostrate. The German state had ceased to exist, and sovereign authority passed to the victorious Allied powers.

Yalta Conference, (February 4–11, 1945), major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, which met at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.

The article focuses on politics and government and social conditions in Germany. Particular attention is given to reunification in Germany. The article discusses Germany's military policy in regard to the war in Afghanistan, the coalition form of government in Germany, the social divisions that exist in Germany as a result of the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Focuses on the economic division of Germany. Feelings of resentment; Reluctance of companies to buy eastern products; Sense of helplessness and loss of identity; Movement toward unity.