Germany divided

• • The Grand Alliance agreed to divide Germany and its capital Berlin into four separate occupation zones (1945). These were administered by the Soviet Union, the USA, France and Britain.
  • The division was only meant to be temporary but it ended up lasting many years.
  • The Allied Control Commission (ACC) was the Central Organisation for the 4 zones. There was soldiers on the streets, and in Berlin, military checkpoints between zones.
• There were disagreements between occupying powers. The three western countries and the soviet union had a different way of looking at Germany.

  • The Soviets wanted to take as much materials as possible back to help rebuild the Soviet Union
  • The western countries wanted to build up Germany's economy
• In March 1948, talks between foreign ministers of the occupying powers broke down and the soviets stormed out.