Why do you think berlin was divided into four zones even though the city was located in the middle of the soviet zone of germany?

The separation of Berlin started in 1945 after the fall of Germany. The nation was partitioned into four zones, where every superpower controlled a zone. In 1946, reparation understandings separated between the Soviet and Western zones.

The West needed to resuscitate the German economy and join the three western zones into one region.

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