POST WAR GERMAN MILITARY UNIFORMS
The German Democratic Republic, Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR, informally called East Germany
by West Germany and other countries, was the socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of
occupied Germany and in the East Berlin portion of the Allied-occupied capital city.
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG, Bundesrepublik
Deutschland, in the period between its creation in May 1949.
The military uniforms covered in this section are representations of both countries.
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