Map showing the occupation zones controlled by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and France in Austria and Vienna between 1945 and 1955.

Map illustrating the growing influence of the Soviet Union in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Map showing the European countries which, under the Marshall plan, are offered US material aid for reconstruction, those which accept the aid and those which reject it, and those which, on 16 April 1948, in Paris, decide to establish the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).

Map showing the sectors of Berlin cut off by the Soviet Union from 24 June 1948 onwards and the routes taken by the Western airlift until 12 May 1949.

Map showing the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with the adoption of the Basic Law on 23 May 1949, and the creation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) at the constituent meeting of the People’s Chamber on 7 October 1949.

Map depicting the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 in Washington and NATO's 12 founding member states. The treaty comes into force on 24 August 1949.

Map showing the successive stages of demarcation between the Soviet Zone and the three Western Zones of Berlin, followed by the building of the wall and the establishment of access points between West Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

Map showing the location of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) land, sea and air forces in France in 1966.