The Cold War, 1945–1991 · THE MAP IN
Map of the world in August 1945
The world the armies made · Cold War
The world in August 1945: The world the armies made. The map shows who held what: NATO & core Western allies, US-aligned states, USSR & Warsaw Pact.
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- east under Soviet occupation; from 1949 the German Democratic Republic
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