FACT CHECK · MIRROR ARGUMENT, SPAIN
Claim: The US held Germany until it got better
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Allied occupation of West Germany ran 1945 to 5 May 1955, ending once it was a democracy that joined NATO. US troops stayed on as allies, 250,000 by 1985.
SOURCE
Bonn-Paris conventions, 1955; US troop data via Deccan Herald / Reuters
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