<P> The reconstruction of Germany after World War II was a long process . Germany had suffered heavy losses during the war, both in lives and industrial power . 6.9 to 7.5 million Germans had been killed, roughly 8.26 to 8.86 percent of the population (see also World War II casualties). The country's cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the War and agricultural production was only 35 percent of what it was before the war . </P> <P> At the Potsdam Conference, the victorious Allies ceded roughly 25 percent of Germany's pre-Anschluss territory to Poland and the Soviet Union . The German population in this area was moved away, together with the Germans of the Sudetenland and the German populations scattered throughout the rest of Eastern Europe . Between 1.5 and 2 million are said to have died in the process, depending on source . As a result, the population density grew in the "new" Germany that remained after the dismemberment . </P>

Who received portions of germany to re-build after war