At the Yalta Conference during World War II , the Allies ( the US , the UK , and the Soviet Union ) agreed on dividing a defeated Nazi Germany into occupation zones , and on dividing Berlin , the German capital , among the Allied powers as well . Initially this meant the construction of three zones of occupation , i.e. , American , British , and Soviet . Later , a French zone was carved out of the US and British zones
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
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