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Germany was divided into four different occupational zones controlled by the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and the United States
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West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in order to be protected from the Soviets by the rest of western Europe.
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Soviets establish a Warsaw Pact in response to NATO as a military alliance between the east.
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The construction of the Berlin Wall which was used to divide East and West Germany began being built by East Germany
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The East Germany Constitution was signed and refused to accept the West unless they became socialists.
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Agreement between the East and West is signed in order to ease travel between the two countries.
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The Basic Treaty is signed in East Berlin in which both states acknowledged one another as sovereign states for the first time.
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Both Germanys are accepted into the United Nations after several years looking on. This was one of the first steps of reparation.
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Eastern chancellor Erich Honecker visits West Germany in hopes of receiving acceptance of the east as a separate state. However, this doesn't work.
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The wall opened up as East Germany began to welcome Western Germans and Germany was reunited.