Creation of FDR and GDR

The second result of the Berlin Crisis was to end any hope of reaching an agreement over Germany. The division of the country which was agreed at Yalta and Potsdam was only ever meant to be temporary but it was now to become a permanent state. In August 1949 the three Western zones joined together to form the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany). In response, the Soviet zone became the German Democratic Republic (GDR).