Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
Allied-Administered Germany

Military occupation


19451949


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Location of Germany
Occupation zones in Germany (1945)
Capital Berlin (de jure)
Political structure Military occupation
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
 - Surrender May 8, 1945
 - Allied Control Council July 5, 1945
 - Saar protectorate December 15, 1947
 - West Germany 23 May, 1949
 - East Germany 7 October, 1949
 - Final Settlement¹ September 12, 1990
¹ German reunification took place on October 3, 1990.

The four sectors of Allied occupation in Berlin

After World War II Nazi Germany west of the Oder-Neisse line was divided into four occupation zones.

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 in July 1945.

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