Allied-occupied Germany
After World War II Nazi Germany west of the Oder-Neisse line was divided into four occupation zones. This had been agreed in London in September 1944.
Allied-Administered Germany Allied Occupation Zones in Germany | |||||||||||||
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| 1945 — 1949 | |||||||||||||
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 Occupation zones in Germany (1945) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Military occupation | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Berlin (de jure) | ||||||||||||
| Governors (1945) | |||||||||||||
• UK zone | Field Marshal Montgomery | ||||||||||||
• French zone | General Lattre de Tassigny | ||||||||||||
• US zone | General Eisenhower | ||||||||||||
• Soviet zone | Marshal Zhukov | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||||
| May 8, 1945 | |||||||||||||
• | July 5, 1945 1945 | ||||||||||||
• Saar protectorate | December 15, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| 23 May, 1949 | |||||||||||||
• | 7 October, 1949 1949 | ||||||||||||
| September 12, 1990 | |||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | DE | ||||||||||||
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¹ German reunification took place on October 3, 1990.  The four sectors of Allied occupation in Berlin | |||||||||||||
They were occupied by the allied powers who defeated Germany (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States) and by France. This was done for administrative purposes during the period 1945-1949.
In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe the American forces had actually pushed beyond the previously agreed upon occupation zone boundaries, sometimes by as much as 200 miles. After about two months of holding certain areas meant to be in the Soviet zone, the American forces withdrew during July 1945.
Allied-occupied Germany Media
Belgian occupation sub-zone of Germany
French forces in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1946
Pink: portions of Weimar Germany east of the Oder–Neisse line attached to Poland (except for northerly East Prussia and the adjoining Memel Territory, not shown here, which were joined directly to the Soviet Union). Red: the Soviet Occupation zone of Germany.
The Supreme Commanders of the Four Powers on 5 June 1945 in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Cover of the 1947 Saar constitution
West German mayors and minister presidents receive the British, American, and French occupiers' Frankfurt Documents, which contained recommendations for the establishment of a new state and also formed a working basis for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany; 1 July 1948
American propaganda poster using images of concentration camp victims to warn against fraternization.
Trümmerfrauen at work, Berlin
