American occupation zone facts for kids

The American Zone of Occupation was part of Allied Occupied Germany, which was occupied by the Soviets, the French, the Americans, and the British. This took place shortly after World War II. The American Zone of Occupation's first military governor was Dwight Eisenhower, later the President of the United States of America.

Related pages

• Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
• British occupation zone
• Soviet occupation zone

Images for kids

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  Allied zones of occupation in post-war Germany, highlighting the Soviet zone (red), the inner German border (black line), and the zone from which American troops withdrew in July 1945 (purple). The provincial boundaries correspond largely to those of the pre-war states, before the creation of the present Länder (federal states).

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  Pink: portions of Germany east of the Oder–Neisse line attached to Poland (except for northerly East Prussia and the adjoining Memel Territory, not shown here, which were joined directly to the Soviet Union.) Red: the Soviet Occupation zone of Germany.

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  Royal Air Force's Malcolm Club in Schleswig, formerly the Stadt Hamburg Hotel in late 1945.

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  British armoured car, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1950

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  Road sign delimiting the British sector of occupation in Berlin, 1984

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  French forces in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1946

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  Forces Françaises à Berlin (French Forces in Berlin) insignia after 1949