Why Did Germany Split into 4 Sections? (British, French)?

Question

i know because Germany surrendered but WHY? did these countries take control? please place website!

Answer 1

It was the agreement between the US, France, UK, and USSR before the war ended. The reason was to better manage Germany post-war. The US ended up controlling most of Germany because France and the UK were torn apart themselves and thus the reason why Eastern Germany looked so much smaller than Western Germany during the Cold War.

Answer 2

Potsdam Conference in August 1945, after Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones – French in the southwest, British in the northwest, United States in the south, and Soviet in the east. The former (1919-1937) German provinces east of the Oder-Neisse line (East Prussia, Eastern Pomerania and Silesia) were transferred to Poland, effectively shifting the country westward. Roughly 15 million ethnic Germans suffered terrible hardships in the years 1944 to 1947 during the flight and expulsion from the eastern German territories and the Sudetenland.[1]

Answer 3

Following WW-2 Germany was divided into two areas, the eastern half controlled by the Soviet Union (the Soviet Union was a federation of 13 countries, of which Russia was the largest) and the western half under the control of the "Western Allies) Britain, France and the US.

Berlin, which was located within the Eastern half was also divided into four zones under the control of the same four nations.

In violation of the UN charter the US, along with its allies, first issued separate currency then a short time later, also in violation of the UN charter and the Potsdam and Yalta agreements, created the "Republic of West Germany". Three months later the Soviet Union created the "Democratic Republic of Germany" from the eastern half.

Answer 4

i'm highly certain that berlin changed into merely the border between Democratic Germany and Communist Germany. therefore the Berlin Wall. also Germany changed into spilt into 4 communities, in spite of the indisputable fact that it wasn't for extraordinarily lengthy. France, England and united statesa. merged their quarters so there is basically (in a traditionally significant experience) an East and West Germany.

Answer 5

Because the British, French,USA and Soviet Union were the victors and this was agreed before the end of the war at Yalta so that the defeated country would be occupied and administered efficiently.
If you fail to do this you get the sort of chaos we see in Iraq today.

Answer 6

the division of Germany was done by Russia England France and the united states world powers at that time,they occupied Germany at the end of ww2,all this was done at the yalta conference during ww2.

Answer 7

To the victors, the spoils

Answer 8

They had to figure out some way to evenly divide the sauerkraut and bratwurst sausages.