Bizone
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).]]
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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.