Map showing the occupation zones controlled by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and France in Austria and Vienna between 1945 and 1955.
Map showing the European countries which, under the Marshall plan, are offered US material aid for reconstruction, those which accept the aid and those which reject it, and those which, on 16 April 1948, in Paris, decide to establish the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).
Map showing the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with the adoption of the Basic Law on 23 May 1949, and the creation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) at the constituent meeting of the People’s Chamber on 7 October 1949.
Map depicting the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 in Washington and NATO's 12 founding member states. The treaty comes into force on 24 August 1949.
Map showing the successive stages of demarcation between the Soviet Zone and the three Western Zones of Berlin, followed by the building of the wall and the establishment of access points between West Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).