Wast Germany

Wast Germany wis the common Inglis nem for the Federal Republic o Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) frae its foondin on 23 Mey 1949 till its reunification wi East Germany on 3 October 1990. It wis whiles cried the Bonn Republic, efter its capital, Bonn. It wis set up durin the Allied occupation o Germany efter Warld War II, frae twal states in the three zones held bi the Unitit States, the Unitit Kinrick an Fraunce.

In the Cauld War, Europe wis split atween the Wastren an Eastren blocs, an Germany wis split intae twa kintras. Wast Germany, alang wi Wast Berlin, wis pairt o the Wastren Bloc. At first it claimed tae be the anerly democratic continuation o the German Reich o 1871–1945.

In the "economic miracle" o the 1950s (Wirtschaftswunder), Wast Germany rase frae the ruin o the war tae be the warld's seicont-biggest economy. Its first Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, that held office till 1963, teuk it intae NATO raither than keepin it neutral, an backit the agreements that grew intae the European Union.

Efter the faw o the Eastren Bloc, merkit bi the openin o the Berlin Waw in 1989, the twa states wirkit tae jyne thegither again. East Germany votit tae dissolve itsel an jyne the Federal Republic, an its states jyned on 3 October 1990. The reunitit Germany is the same state as Wast Germany, no a new ane.