The official name was Deutsche Demokratische Republik ('German Democratic Republic'), usually abbreviated to DDR (GDR). Both terms were used in East Germany, with increasing usage of the abbreviated form, especially since East Germany considered West Germans and West Berliners to be foreigners following the promulgation of its second ...

After tensions mounted between the Soviet Union on the one side, and the United States, Great Britain, and France on the other, the Western powers combined their zones and allowed the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Soviets responded by forming the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to govern their occupation zone.

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), often known in English as East Germany, existed from 1949 to 1990. [1] It covered the area of the present-day German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Brandenburg , Berlin (excluding West Berlin ), Sachsen , Sachsen-Anhalt , and Thüringen .

德意志民主共和国 （德语：Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik， 德文 缩写：DDR ），简称 民主德国 ，或 东德 ，是1949年10月7日到1990年10月3日期间存在于欧洲中部的 社会主义国家 。

On 7 October 1949 an East German state, called the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was proclaimed and took over governmental functions from the DWK, largely with the same leading figures.

British Army (Royal Military Police) video highlighting the perils and protocol of traveling to Berlin through the DDR checkpoints.

The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)), commonly called East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland), was founded on 7 October 1949, after World War II in 1945 when Nazi Germany got defeated by the USSR. It was formed from part of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, including part of the city of Berlin.

Although the carriages were British, the locomotive used for transit through the DDR was East German. After leaving Charlottenburg station 'The Berliner' stopped in Potsdam and an East German Train Guard joined the train. The journey would take about 4 hours to cover the distance of 145 miles (232km).

The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə demoˈkʀaːtɪʃə ʀepuˈbliːk] or DDR), informally known in English as East Germany, was a state within the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period. From 1949 to 1990 it governed a region of Germany which was...

2013年7月11日 · The Berlin Infantry Brigade maintained forces at four barracks in the British zone of the city which lay cut off from the rest of West Germany deep in the heart of the communist German Democratic Republic. Three of the barracks housed infantry forces and the fourth housed an armored contingent.