After losing their closest ally, Italy, in 1940, Germany knew that it was time for a change. After the war, Germany was one of the only countries that didn't have massive devastation throughout the country. "A new constitution was drafted resulting in a political system relatively similar to that which preceded fascism and analogous to that of the French Fourth Republic."1 This political system was much like the parliamentary system that many European states used during the 1920's. Austria even claimed that

One major change after this was the call for a demilitarized Germany in the East. "It was only when they realized that the West would not accede to this request and after the Federal Republic was created that they authorized the formation of the GDR."1 This was generally know as the communist takeover of eastern Germany. The differences between the two sides became even more apparent after the construction of the Berlin wall. After Germany was divided into two parts, East Germany built the Berlin Wall to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the west. The wall physically divided the country into eastern communism and western democracy. The West wanted to revive the German economy and combine the three western zones into one area. Soviet Union feared this union because it gave the one combined zone more power than its zone. The Cold War was a perfect opportunity for Germany to rehabilitate itself. "While Weimar Germany had been burdened by war reparations, Federal Germany was the recipient of generous financial aid."1 Many countries began showing their loyalty to western Germany to gain protection during the cold war. France entered a the France-German Treaty of Friendship in 1963. This allowed Germany,

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