West Germany
About West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It was sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital city of Bonn, or as the Second German Republic. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from twelve states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
On the show — 28 mentions total
During the Cold War, there was an operation called Tamarisk. The USA and the UK and France all had military liaisons in East Germany, and the Soviets were allowed some in West Germany. It was supposed to be a way of lowering tensions, but basically it just turned into legalised espionage.
from 308: No Such Thing As The Land Of Flying Sheep, 2020-02-14 at 00:04:03 · read transcript
Other times West Germany came up
It's just Gogglebox, isn't it? What you've just described. It's like Gogglebox. There had been a program in West Germany called the Horta Optik, which is the red viewpoint. Which was sort of slagging off what was happening in East Germany. That was their sort of retort to that was the Black Channel. Also it's called the Black Channel because that was like a plumbing slang for a sewer.
451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
When Germany, West Germany lifted its ban in 1970, the games were only 70 minutes long and they were only allowed to be played in warm weather. basically just in case Cold Weather killed the players yeah that seems to be the panic that there.
No Such Thing As Pastries in Alleyways, 2022-10-13 · listen
It sort of shut down the game. This was, this happened all over Europe. The French game was, their football federation, they banned it in 1933, West Germany, 95. Spain, 1930 to 75, it was banned. or it was all, it was banned all through, in the 20s and 30s, and then all the bands were lifted in about the very late 60s or early 70s. It's just, it's very peculiar.
No Such Thing As Pastries in Alleyways, 2022-10-13 · listen
Games they made the games 10 minutes shorter yeah in case the women collapsed when playing for the full 90 minutes yeah that was but it seems to be the reasoning that's 1991 right 1991 yeah and when when uh germany uh west germany listed its ban in 1970 the games were only 70 minutes long and they were only allowed to be played in warm weather basically just in case cold weather uh killed the players yeah that seems to be the the panic.
448: No Such Thing As Pastries in Alleyways, 2022-10-14 · listen
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