Bizone
Sign in to savethumb|right|Occupation zones of Germany, with the beige areas out of joint Allied control (the former eastern territories of Germany according to the joint British, Soviet and US [[Potsdam Agreement of 1945 and the formerly western German Saar, following a French and US decision of 1946) and the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (established as a US exclave within the British zone as of early 1947).]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dependent territory
- Country
- Allied-occupied Germany
- Contains
- Württemberg-Baden
- Continent
- Europe
- Shares border with
- Soviet occupation zone of Germany
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- inception
- 1947-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1949-04-08
- native label
- Bizonia
- Commons category
- Bizone
- replaced by
- Trizone
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Division of Germany into occupation zones
- Initial breakdown of four-zone cooperation
- Local governance by zone
- Interzone efforts
- Formation of Bizonia
- Trizonia, end of inter-Allied control, and formation of West Germany
- Geography and population
- British military deployments
- United States military deployments
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Occupation zones of Germany, with the beige areas out of joint Allied control (the former eastern territories of Germany according to the joint British, Soviet and US [[Potsdam Agreement of 1945 and the formerly western German Saar, following a French and US decision of 1946) and the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (established as a US exclave within the British zone as of early 1947).]]
The Bizone () or Bizonia was the combination of the American and the British occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the occupation of Germany after World War II. With the addition of the French occupation zone on 1 August 1948 the entity became the Trizone (; sometimes jokingly called Trizonesia (, )). Later, on 23 May 1949, the Trizone became the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly known as West Germany.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bizone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.