HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Detailed explanation-1: -Berlin was also divided into occupation zones; the Soviets controlled the eastern portion while the west went to the U.S., UK and France.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city. After World War II, defeated Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sectors of the Western Allies (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) formed West Berlin, while the Soviet sector formed East Berlin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Berlin, the former capital, which was surrounded by the Soviet zone, was placed under joint four-power authority but was partitioned into four sectors for administrative purposes. An Allied Control Council was to exercise overall joint authority over the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. It divided the city of Berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones.