There wasn't actually a wall between East Germany and West Germany. The border was a series of fences and other fortifications. It was normally referred to as the 'inner German border' or the 'Iron Curtain'.
The Berlin Wall was between West Berlin and East Berlin.
Note 'East Germany' and West Germany' were names used by the English-language media. The proper names of the two countries was 'Deutsche Demokratische Republik' (DDR = German Democratic Republic) and 'Bundesrepublik Deutschland' (=BRD, Federal Republic of Germany).
East Berlin was part of the DDR. West Berlin was not part of the BRD, it was a separate entity.
To separate the Democratic side of Germany, controlled by the US, the UK, and other Allies of the US. The East side was controlled by Communist Germany.
The Inner German Border was built to separate East Germany and West Germany. We called it the IGB. The IGB made the Berlin Wall look like a picket fence.
It is the Berlin Wall
What was the name of the wall that once separated East and West Germany?
Berlin wall
Munich was in West Germany (official name Bundesrepublik Deutschland = Federal Republic of Germany). It is the state capital of the state of Bavaria (Bayern).
The American name for West Germany was West Germany.
Prior to the Berlin Wall coming down and the reunification of the "two" Germanies, the German names for the two countries were;West Germany - Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)East Germany - Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
The proper name of Germany is the Federal Republic of Germany (in German, the Bundesrepublik Deutschland). The reunification of East and West Germany took place on October 3, 1990.
West Berlin was democratic, controlled by West Germany. East Berlin was Communist, controlled by the Soviets and East Germany. Just to be confusing..... East Germany was called the GDR, the German Democratic Republic. It was that in name, it was not that in actual fact !
Germany or Deutscheland in German
Federal Republic of Germany
It was a wall which separated east and west Berlin built by the Soviets shortly after the 2nd World War. Its function was to keep the population of East Germany inside the Russian sector; it discouraged defection.
The countries of East and West Germany are now known as Germany. The reunification of East and West Germany occurred in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Cold War
Germany. Or complete: Federal Republic of Germany
The countries of East and West Germany are now known as Germany. They were reunified on October 3, 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Munich was in West Germany (official name Bundesrepublik Deutschland = Federal Republic of Germany). It is the state capital of the state of Bavaria (Bayern).
Neither, East Germany (official name Deutsche Demokratishe Republik, German Democratic Republic) had borders with West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Um... Deutschland ( Germany). They were unified after the fall of the Soviet Union
The American name for West Germany was West Germany.
The Berlin Wall