Occupation areas in Germany after WW2

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  1. *The map delineates the Allied occupation zones in Germany as established by the Potsdam Conference of July-August, 1945. The Russian zone is pink, the American blue, the English purple, and the French red-white-blue. To the east Poland is colored with pink stripes, reflecting its status as a nominally independent country under Soviet control.*

    *The map was published in 1945 by Atlanta GmbH, a “Company for international advertising for industry, export and traffic” operating in Frankfurt. The reality of military occupation is highlighted by a note in the lower-left margin, according to which the map was “designed and distributed with approval of the military government”. Legally, at least, the occupation lasted until 1949, when in May the three western zones were merged to form the Federal Republic of Germany, and in October the Soviet zone was constituted as the German Democratic Republic.*