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.  | |||||||||||||
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 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.
Cover of the 1947 Saar constitution
American propaganda poster using images of concentration camp victims to warn against fraternization.
Trümmerfrauen at work, Berlin
August 1948, German children deported from the eastern areas taken over by Poland arrive in western Germany.
