American Zone of Occupied Germany

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The American Zone of Occupied Germany was the post–World War II area of Germany administered by the United States as part of the Allied occupation, encompassing regions in southern and central Germany before the formation of West Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political entity
occupation zone
administeredBy United States of America
appliesToEthnicGroup Germans
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. military government in Germany
appliesToPart central Germany
southern Germany
appliesToTerritorialEntity American occupation sector of Berlin (jointly administered city)
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bavaria
Bremen
Greater Hesse
Hesse
linked to: Greater Hesse

Rhineland-Palatinate (part, initially)
Württemberg-Baden
contributedTo formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949
country Germany
dissolvedBy Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany coming into force
dissolvedInto federal states of West Germany
endTime 1949
establishedAsResultOf Allied agreements at Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
German Instrument of Surrender of 1945
followedBy Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany
follows Nazi Germany
hasCapital Frankfurt am Main
hasDeFactoLanguage English
hasGarrison United States Air Force
United States Army
hasLegalSystem German civil law (under Allied supervision)
military occupation law
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasPolicy decentralization of German administration
demilitarization of Germany
democratization of German institutions
denazification of public life
hasPurpose control and reconstruction of defeated Germany
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
partOf Allied Control Council system in Germany
Allied-occupied Germany
Western occupation zones of Germany
post-World War II military occupation of Germany
sharesBorderWith British Zone of Occupied Germany
French Zone of Occupied Germany
Soviet Zone of Occupied Germany
linked to: East Germany
significantEvent Nuremberg Trials support and logistics
currency reform of 1948 in western zones
denazification in the American zone
establishment of Länder under U.S. occupation
implementation of Marshall Plan programs
startTime 1945

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NMT Case X location American Zone of Occupied Germany
Flick Trial location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
War Criminals Prison No. 1 partOf American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Allied Control Council appliesToJurisdiction American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Office of Military Government, United States appliesToJurisdiction U.S. occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Office of Military Government, United States appliesToJurisdiction American occupation zone in post-World War II Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Office of Military Government, United States appliesToJurisdiction American occupation zone in Austria (early phase, limited)
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Doctors' Trial location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Hans Frank placeOfDeath American-occupied Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
United States High Commissioner for Germany hasJurisdiction American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Free People’s State of Württemberg afterAbolitionPartOf American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) signatoryRole United States as occupying power in Zone A
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Nuremberg Prison locatedIn American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Nuremberg Milch Trial location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al. location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
L. Neil Smith notableWork The American Zone
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
American Zone of Occupied Germany appliesToJurisdiction U.S. military government in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
High Command Trial locatedIn American occupation zone of Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Joachim Mrugowsky placeOfDeath American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
United States of America v. Ulrich Greifelt, et al. location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
RAF British Air Forces of Occupation sharesBorderWith American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Franz Böhme placeOfDeath American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
OMGUS appliesToJurisdiction American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
OMGUS operatedIn American occupation zone of Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Medical Case location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Karl Brandt placeOfDeath American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Trizone in western Germany formedBy American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Trizone in western Germany predecessor American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
WVHA Trial at Nuremberg location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Württemberg-Baden partOf American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Nuremberg follow-up trials planning location American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Nuremberg follow-up trials planning appliesToJurisdiction American Zone of Occupation
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Karl Gebhardt placeOfDeath American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
U.S. General Military Government Court operatedIn American occupation zone in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
U.S. General Military Government Court appliesToJurisdiction American Zone of Occupation
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany
Nuremberg IG Farben trial locationOfCourt American Zone of Occupation in Germany
linked to: American Zone of Occupied Germany