Allied-occupied Austria
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At the end of World War II in Europe, Austria was occupied by the Allies and declared independence from Nazi Germany on 27 April 1945, as a result of the Vienna offensive. The occupation ended when th
Soviet soldiers taking down a Nazi sign in Austria
Elderly civilians in a "warming room" in the British zone of Vienna, c. 1945–47.
Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left) meeting Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab (right) in Moscow, April 1955
Austrian State Treaty
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The Austrian State Treaty or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on 15 May 1955 in Vienna, at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers a
Allied-occupied Austria
…on 27 April 1945 (confirmed by the Berlin Declaration for Germany on 5 June 1945), as a result of the Vienna offensive. The occupation ended when the Austrian State Treaty came into force on 27 July 1955. After the Anschluss in 1938, Austria had generally been recognized as part of Nazi Germany. In November 1943, however…
Austrian State Treaty with signatures of Dulles, Thompson, Pinay, Lalouette, and Leopold Figl, foreign minister of Austria