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Timeline: events in West Germany 1945-1991 Flashcards

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Licensing of official parties for the western zones of occupation begins

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August 1945

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Washington Treaty on the economic unification of the British and American zones

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December 1946

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Economic Council of the Bizone set up

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June 1947

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Currency reform in the Western zones

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June 1948

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West German constitutional conference

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August 1948

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Setting up of the Parlimentary council in Bonn

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September 1948

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Promulgation (declaration) of the Basic Law for the FRG

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May 1949

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Election of the first German Bundestag

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August 1949

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Election of Konrad Adenaur (CDU) as Federal Chancellor

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September 1949

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End of food rationing in the FRG

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January 1950

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Bundestag passes law on co-determination in the steel and coalmining industries

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April 1951

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Treaty of Paris allows the FRG to join NATO and permit West German rearmament

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October 1954

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Bundestag election, absolute majority for CDU/CSU

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September 1957

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Spiegel Affair, leads to resignation of the Federal Defense Minister Franz-Josef Strauss

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October 1962

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Resignation of Chancellor Konrad Adenaur, election of Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard as his successor

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October 1963

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Formation of grand coalition between CDU/CSU and SPD under Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger

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December 1966

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Murder of the student leader Rudi Dutschke, ‘Easter Riots’ in Berlin and other West German cities

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April 1968

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Bundestag elections, considerable gains made by the SPD

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September 1969

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SPD Chairman Willy Brandt elected Chancellor; formation of an SPD/FDP federal government

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October 1969

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Signing of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact in Moscow

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August 1970

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Signing of the German-Polish Treaty in Warsaw

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December 1970

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Chancellor Willy Brandt receives the Nobel Peace Prize

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December 1971

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Ratification (approval) of the Moscow and Warsaw treaties by the Bundestag

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May 1972

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Bundestag elections: SPD and the FDP gain a clear majority

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November 1972

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Resignation of Chancellor Willy Brandt

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May 1974

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Election of Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt (SPD) as Chancellor; renewal of the SPD/FDP Coalition

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May 1974

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Kidnap/murder of the president of the employer’s federation, Hanns-Martin Schleyer; hijack of the Luftthansa plane; liberation of the hostages in Mogadishu; suicide of the terrorists Baader, Ensslin and Raspe

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September/October 1977

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Visit by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to Moscow

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June 1980

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Replacement of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the SPD minority government by a CDU/CSU/FDP coalition under chancellor Helmut Kohl

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October 1982

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Bundestag elections: CDU/CSU and FDP gain absolute majority; The Greens represented in the Bundestag

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March 1983

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The German Budestag re-elects Helmut Kohl as the Federal Chancellor

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March 1983

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