British military government in Germany

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The British military government in Germany was the post-World War II occupation authority established by the United Kingdom to administer its zone in defeated Germany and oversee its political reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military government
occupation authority
appliesToJurisdiction British Zone of Occupied Germany
surface form: British Zone of Occupation
appliesToTerritory Bremen
British Zone of Occupied Germany
surface form: British occupation zone in Germany

Hamburg
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Northern Germany
surface form: Northwest Germany

Schleswig-Holstein
cooperatedWith French military government in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany
surface form: Soviet military administration in Germany

Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
surface form: United States military government in Germany
country United Kingdom
endTime 1949
followed Nazi Germany
hasHeadquartersLocation Bad Oeynhausen
British sector of Berlin
surface form: Berlin (British Sector, for quadripartite bodies)

Minden
hasOfficialName British military government in Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Control Commission for Germany (British Element)
hasPart British Army of the Rhine
Allied Control Council
surface form: Control Commission for Germany

Military Government Detachments
hasPurpose administration of occupied Germany
demilitarization of Germany
democratization of German political life
denazification
economic reconstruction
support for creation of a West German state
hasSignificantEvent introduction of the Deutsche Mark in western zones in 1948
support for creation of the Bizone with the United States in 1947
historicalPeriod post-World War II era
legalBasis Allied agreements at Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
surface form: Allied agreements at Yalta Conference
locatedInTime 20th century
oversaw formation of political parties in British zone
re-establishment of German Länder in British zone
reconstruction of German police forces in British zone
regional elections in British zone
reorganization of German education system in British zone
participatedIn Allied Control Council
partOf Allied occupation of Germany
post-World War II military occupations
replacedBy West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Länder governments in British zone
shortName CCG/BE
startTime 1945
usedLanguage English
German

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Parliamentary Council convenedBy British military government in Germany
Allied Control Council appliesToJurisdiction British military government in Germany
this entity surface form: British occupation zone in Germany
British military government in Germany hasOfficialName British military government in Germany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Control Commission for Germany (British Element)
Frankfurt Documents issuedBy British military government in Germany
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials organizedBy British military government in Germany
Control Council Law No. 1 enactedBy British military government in Germany
this entity surface form: United Kingdom military government in Germany
British High Commissioner for Germany partOf British military government in Germany
this entity surface form: British Military Government in Germany