American occupation zone
The American Zone of Occupation was the southern part of Allied Occupied Germany after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.
Germany was occupied by the Soviets, the French, the Americans, and the British. Each had an occupation zone. The American Zone of Occupation's first military governor was Dwight Eisenhower, later the President of the United States of America. It remained as an occupied territory from 1945 until 1949. During the aftermath of Germany’s defeat there was some sabotage and murder by the Nazi Operation Werwolf.
American Occupation Zone Media
The four sectors of the occupied Berlin
4 occupation zones in Germany and the Saarland, 1947–1949
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.
