Adolf Hitler shocked the Nazi Party when he named Karl Donitz his successor. Before Hitler killed himself, and Donitz presumed control of Germany, Donitz was the leader of the Kriegsmarine, or the German Navy.
He was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremburg Trials, and served 10 years in prison.
After him, the Allied military occupation assumed control of Germany. They left in 1949.
Finally, after the Allies left, the wall was put up, and East and West Germany both had new Chancellors.
East Germany had Wilheim Pieck, while West Germany had Theodor Heuss.
It was divided into a French, British, American and Russian zone. The first three soon were merged into West Germany (the Bundesrepublik Deutschland); the Russian zone became the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). In 1989/1990 the DDR was merged with West Germany into present-day Germany.
Germany was divided into two separate nations following World War I: East Germany and West Germany.
The Berlin Blockade
Eastern part.
Germany was divided in West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was an independent democracy. East Germany was a bloc state of the USSR.
the Ussr controlled east Germany and and the US and UK controlled west Germany.
Germany was divided into East Germany controlled by the communists, and West Germany
Germany was divided into East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) after World War II. This division lasted from 1949 to 1990, until the two nations reunified.
4 zones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(e2020 answer)It was divided up into 2 parts: East Germany and West Germany. West Germany was controlled by the Americans while East Germany was controlled by the USSR.
Germany
France, Britain and the United States occupied Germany in the west after World War 2.
From 1949 until 1990, West Germany was controlled primarily by a government made up of West German leaders. Influential at all times, however, were the United States and other European nations. From the end of World War II (in 1945) until 1949, what would become West German territory was controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
no, Ireland was neutral.
Germany.
France controlled Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, and most of northwest Africa until after World War II.
Germany
Germany and Russia