'''West Germany''' is the colloquial name given to the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] (''Bundesrepublik Deutscland'') prior to German reunification in 1990. It was formed from the British, French and American zones of occupied Germany in 1949, and the 'provisional' capital of the state was [[Bonn]].
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'''West Germany''' is the colloquial name given to the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] (''Bundesrepublik Deutscland'') prior to German reunification in 1990. It was formed from the British, French and American zones of occupied Germany in 1949, and the 'provisional' capital of the state was [[Bonn]]. West [[Berlin]] was not officially part of the Federal Republic until 1991; its status remained that of a city under allied military government.