Allied occupation of Germany

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The Allied occupation of Germany was the post-World War II military and administrative control of defeated Germany by the United States, United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union, during which the country was divided into zones and its political and economic systems were reshaped.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military occupation
postwar occupation
administeredBy Allied Control Council
aim decentralization of German economy
demilitarization of Germany
democratization of Germany
denazification of German society
reparations from Germany
appliesToJurisdiction East Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
appliesToPart Allied-occupied Germany
countryOccupied Germany
endTime 1949
1955
followedBy Federal Republic of Germany
German Democratic Republic
division of Germany
follows Nazi Germany
Third Reich
World War II in Europe
hasPart Allied-occupied Berlin
American occupation zone in Germany
British occupation zone in Germany
French occupation zone in Germany
Soviet occupation zone in Germany
legalBasis Berlin Declaration of 5 June 1945
unconditional surrender of Germany
location Central Europe
Germany
occupyingPower France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
partOf Cold War history of Europe
post–World War II history of Germany
result creation of Federal Republic of Germany
creation of German Democratic Republic
division of Germany into East and West
integration of East Germany into Eastern bloc
integration of West Germany into Western bloc
significantEvent Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
Nuremberg trials
Potsdam Conference
demilitarization of Germany
denazification in Germany
disarmament of Germany
division of Berlin
startTime 1945

Referenced by (73)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Berlin Airlift
British sector of Berlin ("British occupation zone in Germany")
Office of Military Government, United States
Richard McCreery ("Northwest Europe post-war occupation forces")
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst ("Soviet occupation zone in Germany")
United States High Commissioner for Germany ("United States occupation of Germany")
United States High Commissioner for Germany ("post–World War II Allied occupation of Germany")
West Berlin ("Allied-occupied Germany")
partOf
Alfred Rosenberg ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Arthur Seyss-Inquart ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Herbert Backe ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Hermann Göring ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Joachim von Ribbentrop ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Julius Streicher ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Julius Streicher ("Allied-occupied Germany")
countryOfDeath
Allied Military Mark
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Governing Mayor of West Berlin ("Allied occupation of Berlin")
NMT Case X
War Criminals Prison No. 1
historicalContext
Berlin Blockade ("Soviet occupation zone of Germany")
IG Farben Trial ("American Zone of Occupation in Germany")
Krupp Trial ("American Zone of Occupation in Germany")
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("American Zone of Occupation in Germany")
Wilhelmstrasse Trial ("American Zone of Occupation in Germany")
location
West Germany ("Allied-occupied Germany")
West Germany ("American occupation zone in Germany")
West Germany ("British occupation zone in Germany")
West Germany ("French occupation zone in Germany")
Westbindung ("Allied occupation policy in Germany")
precededBy
Allied operations in Western Europe
German Instrument of Surrender
Nazi Germany ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Western Allied invasion of Germany
followedBy
Allied Military Mark ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Allied Military Mark ("American occupation zone of Germany")
Allied Military Mark ("British occupation zone of Germany")
Allied Military Mark ("French occupation zone of Germany")
usedIn
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ("American occupation zone in Germany")
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ("British occupation zone in Germany")
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ("French occupation zone in Germany")
geographicScope
Alfred Jodl ("American occupation zone in Germany")
Eberhard Schöngarth ("Allied-occupied Germany")
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger ("Allied-occupied Germany")
placeOfDeath
Allied occupation of Japan
Berlin Declaration of 5 June 1945
Capture of Munich
relatedTo
Allied occupation of Germany ("Allied Control Council")
American sector of Berlin ("U.S. Military Government in Germany")
administeredBy
Allied occupation of Germany ("American occupation zone in Germany")
Allied occupation of Germany ("British occupation zone in Germany")
hasPart
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("American Zone of Occupation in Germany")
appliesToJurisdiction
Allied occupation of Germany ("Allied-occupied Germany")
appliesToPart
Allied Control Council ("Allied-occupied Germany")
appliesToTerritory
Hitler Youth ("Allied occupation authorities")
bannedBy
Landsberg Prison ("Allied occupation authorities after World War II")
controlledBy
Wilhelm Keitel ("Allied-occupied Germany")
deathPlace
Wehrmacht ("Allied Control Council")
disbandedBy
Reich Air Ministry
dissolvedFollowing
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan ("Allied occupation authorities")
draftedUnderInfluenceOf
Treaties of Paris (1954) ("Allied occupation of West Germany")
ended
Legal Section ("Allied occupation authorities")
foundedBy
British sector of Berlin
hasCause
IG Farben Trial
hasContext
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
hasHistoricalPeriod
Reichsmark ("Allied-occupied Germany")
legalTenderIn
Nuremberg Prison ("Allied-occupied Germany")
locatedIn
Nazi Germany
occupation
French I Corps ("Occupation of Germany after World War II")
participatedIn
Third Reich
precedes
Peace Preservation Law of 1925 ("Allied Occupation authorities")
repealedBy
Western Front (World War II) ("Occupation of western Germany by Allied forces")
result
RM ("Allied-occupied Germany")
usedInState

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