Editing German reunification (section)

===Developments from 1948===
Among the Allies, geo-political tension between the Soviet Union and Western Allies in [[occupied Germany]] as part of their tension in the world led the Soviets to ''de facto'' withdraw from the ACC on 20 March 1948 (four occupying countries restored the act of the ACC in 1971) and [[Berlin Blockade|blockade West Berlin]] (after the introduction of a [[Deutsch Mark|new currency]] in West Germany on 20 June of the same year) from 20 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, but the USSR could not force the three Western Allies to withdraw from West Berlin as they wanted; consequently, the foundation of a new German state became impossible. The Federal Republic of Germany, or "West Germany", a [[liberal democracy]], was established in the [[American occupation zone in Germany|US]], [[British occupation zone in Germany|UK]], and [[French occupation zone in Germany|French]] zones on 23 May 1949. West Germany was ''de jure'' established in the [[Trizone]] occupied by three Western Allies and established on 1 August 1948. Its forerunner was the [[Bizone]] formed by the US and UK zones on 1 January 1947 before the inclusion of the French zone.<ref name=EU>{{cite web |title=The division of Germany |url=https://www.cvce.eu/en/education/unit-content/-/unit/55c09dcc-a9f2-45e9-b240-eaef64452cae/5d3b421b-9a4b-46fc-a041-fab64325d6a6 |website=Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe |publisher=The University of Luxembourg |access-date=31 July 2019 |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731050913/https://www.cvce.eu/en/education/unit-content/-/unit/55c09dcc-a9f2-45e9-b240-eaef64452cae/5d3b421b-9a4b-46fc-a041-fab64325d6a6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wegs">{{Cite book |last1=Wegs |first1=J. Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5tGEAAAQBAJ |title=Europe Since 1945: A Concise History |last2=Ladrech |first2=Robert |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-230-21122-3 |edition=5th |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lehmann |first=Hans Georg |title=Chronik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: 1945/49-1981 |date=1981 |publisher=Beck |isbn=978-3-406-06035-9 |series=Beck'sche schwarze Reihe |location=München |page=18 |language=de}}</ref> The Trizone did not include West Berlin, which was also occupied by three Western Allies, although the city was ''de facto'' part of the West German state; the German Democratic Republic or "East Germany", a [[communist state]] with a [[planned economy|planned]] and [[public property|public economy]] which declared itself as the new state and the [[Succession of states|successor]] of the German Reich,<ref>Donald M. McRae, ''Canadian Yearbook of International Law 2005'', Vol. 43, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2006, p. 431.</ref> a legal-former German state (in contrast to the Federal Republic of Germany, which considered itself a state partially identical with the German Reich and not merely its successor, with the "partial identity" limited to apply only within its current ''de facto'' territory<ref>BVerfGE 36, 1: Verdict of the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany|Federal Constitutional Court]] (''Bundesverfassungsgericht'') regarding the [[Basic Treaty, 1972|East–West Basic Treaty]] — [http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/dfr/bv036001.html#Rn078 in German] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807001034/http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/dfr/bv036001.html#Rn078 |date=2007-08-07 }} and [https://law.utexas.edu/transnational/foreign-law-translations/german/case.php?id=589 in English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152049/https://law.utexas.edu/transnational/foreign-law-translations/german/case.php?id=589 |date=2016-12-20 }}, 31 July 1973</ref>), was established in the [[Soviet occupation zone in Germany|Soviet zone]] on 7 October 1949. It ''de jure'' did not include East Berlin, occupied by the Soviets, although the city was ''de facto'' its capital: the severe ideological conflict between German politicians and sociologists in their self-governing east–west society was preceded by the influence of higher{{clarify|date=October 2024}} foreign occupiers; however this only really rose to become official with the birth of the two countries of Germany in the context of the period of international tension during the [[Cold War]]. The capital of West Germany was [[Bonn]]; however it was only considered provisional due to the West German aspiration to establish Berlin as its capital, although at the time Berlin was divided, with the eastern part ''de facto'' managed by East Germany. East Germany originally also wanted to gain West Berlin and make the unified Berlin its capital.