They divided Berlin into 4 zones not Germany, Germany was divided into east and West Germany simply due to the hostility of the USSR and western countries keen to keep eastern Europe non communist and vice versa for the USSR. Berlin being in the USSR's half was divided into 4 zone as being the capital it was a important economic and political symbol for Germany, it would be unfair to give it all to one country. Therefore it was divided into 4 zones, among the four "super powers": France, Britain, America and the USSR
At the Potsdam Conference, the Allies agreed to split Germany into four zones of occupation.
divided into four zones of occupation.
The French, Americans, Russians and Britons decided to divide Germany into zones when they met at the Yalta Conference.
* Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to form a United Nations * How to divide up Berlin between the Allies * Stalin agreed to enter war against Japan when Germany was defeated * Free elections in Poland
be divided into four occupation zones
At the Potsdam Conference, the Allies agreed to split Germany into four zones of occupation.
divided into four zones of occupation.
Divide it into four zones
The decision to divide Germany into four zones of occupation was made by the Allies (United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France) at the end of World War II. It was primarily done to prevent Germany from becoming a unified and potentially powerful country that could pose a threat to European security, as it had done in the past. Additionally, the division allowed the Allies to maintain control and oversee the process of denazification and reconstruction in Germany.
The Potsdam Conference. Russia, the UK, the US and France divided up Germany for its administration and occupation.
The French, Americans, Russians and Britons decided to divide Germany into zones when they met at the Yalta Conference.
There were 4 zones in Germany when the Allies occupied Germany. The Eastern Zone was occupied by Russia. It the Southern Zone was the US, in the Northen Zone was France and the western zone had Britain.
* Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to form a United Nations * How to divide up Berlin between the Allies * Stalin agreed to enter war against Japan when Germany was defeated * Free elections in Poland
be divided into four occupation zones
After the German surrender on May 8, 1945, Germany was partitioned into four zones of occupationadministered by the victorious allies: France; the U.K.; The U.S.; and the Soviet Union.The occupation officially ended in 1949 with the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany") from the three western occupation zones, and the creation of the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany") from the Soviet occupation zone. This divided Germany was to last for more than 40 years.Berlin, deep inside East Germany, was further divided into western and eastern zones. After reunification in 1990 of all of Germany into the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin again became the capital.
to divide postwar Germany into four zones
It wasn’t a nation but a city and that was Berlin, Germany. That created two separate Germany’s one called East Germany controlled by Russia and west Germany controlled by the western nations.