Germany in 1947 and 1949

Immediately after the War, Germany was divided into 4 zones, each occupied by a different one of the Allies:

In 1949, the areas occupied by the Western Allied powers became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD), known in English as the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The zone occupied by the Soviet Union became the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), known in English as the German Democratic Republic (GDR):