AustriaSteiermark 11 · Steiermark · History of your federal state
After the end of Nazi rule, Austria was occupied until 1955. Which occupying power was responsible for Styria from July 1945?
In the exam (German)
Nach dem Ende der NS-Herrschaft war Österreich bis 1955 besetzt. Welche Besatzungsmacht war ab Juli 1945 für die Steiermark zuständig?
- aGreat BritainGroßbritannienCorrect answer
- bThe Soviet Uniondie Sowjetunion
- cFranceFrankreich
- dThe USAdie USA
Why?
At the end of the war, different armies occupied parts of Styria; in July 1945 the British took over the province as their occupation zone. The occupation ended with the State Treaty in 1955, and the foreign troops withdrew.
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