Catalogue question 202 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01

Which side did East Germany belong to in the "Cold War"?

Why — for every option

  1. A — East Germany did not belong to the Western powers but to the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.
  2. B — Correct: East Germany was a founding member of the Warsaw Pact (1955), the Eastern military alliance led by the Soviet Union.
  3. C — NATO was the Western military alliance that West Germany (not East Germany) joined in 1955.
  4. D — East Germany was clearly anchored in the Eastern Bloc, not non-aligned.

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