Ever since World War II ended in 1941, Germany knew it would face a constant threat from the USSR. The Wehrmacht, re-designated by the German Federal Republic as the Bundeswehr, retained the size, technology, and command structure of the Nazi Government, although formations such as Das Reich and Leibanstardte Adolf Hitler were disbanded, and all vestiges of the SS were removed. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, elected by a large majority by the Bundestag in 1942, announced to the world the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps of the 1930's. Dachau is preserved as a memorial to the dead, and all political prisoners are set free. Stalin never forgets Hitler's betrayal of 1939, and plans for war against Germany continued even after the Soviet defeat. In April of 1945, most of WWII's com