Deutsche Demokratische Republik - DDR is a socialist state established by the USSR in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city. During the decades after its formation, the original territory has grown with the annexations of Czchekoslovakya, Poland and the full reunification of Berlin as well as some african protectorates. In the economic, political and military fields DDR has become an european power and with Soviet Russia leader of the communist bloc after the fall of Soviet Union.