Before revision: From 1945 to the present After WWII, the German nation was divided into two states in 1949, West Germany and East Germany, and the former German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line were made part of Poland and Russia .
After revision: From 1945 to the present After WWII, the German nation was divided into two states in 1949, West Germany and East Germany, and the former German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line were made part of Poland and the Soviet Union .