"The history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 spans the period following World War II, from the Berlin Declaration marking the abolition of the German Reich ...
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and Allied-occupied period in Germany on 5 June 1945 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.
Following the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 and its defeat in World War II, Germany was stripped of its territorial gains; more than a quarter of its old pre-war territory was annexed by communist Poland and the Soviet Union’s German populations were expelled to the west. Saarland was French protectorate from 1947 to 1956 without the recognition of the "Four Powers", because the Soviet Union opposed it, making it a disputed territory." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.11.2023)
