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GCSE History · key term
An area of a defeated country placed under the authority of a foreign occupying power.
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Paper 1
Revise: End of the Second World WarThe leaders agreed that defeated Germany would be divided into four occupation zones, controlled by the USA, Britain, the USSR and France. Berlin would also be divided into four sectors under those powers. France’s German zone would be created from parts of the British and American zones, and France would join the Allied Control Council.
Paper 1
An area administered by a foreign power after military defeat. Germany was placed under four Allied occupation zones in 1945.
Distinguish occupation zones from separate countries: the 1945 settlement provided for joint Allied control of Germany, not an immediate creation of two German states.
Distinguish the four occupation zones of 1945 from the two separate German states established in 1949.
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Despite their worsening relations, the leaders confirmed important agreements about Germany. It would remain under four occupation zones, administered by the USA, Britain, France and the USSR. Germany was to be disarmed and demilitarised, Nazi influence removed, and war criminals brought to trial.