Four Powers

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The Four Powers were the principal Allied nations—typically the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and France—that jointly exercised major decision-making authority over post–World War II Europe and international legal arrangements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Four Powers canonical 2
Four Occupying Powers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II allies ⓘ
alliance of states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Four Allied Powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces

Four Occupying Powers ⓘ
linked to: Four Powers

Principal Allied Powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces
countryMember France ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver Berlin ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
occupation of Austria ⓘ
occupation of Germany ⓘ
post–World War II Europe ⓘ
formedDuring final phase of World War II ⓘ
hadLegalAuthorityFrom Allied Commission for Austria arrangements ⓘ
Allied Control Council agreements ⓘ
instruments of German surrender ⓘ
influenced emergence of the Cold War order in Europe ⓘ
international legal arrangements after World War II ⓘ
postwar European borders ⓘ
legalStatus joint occupying powers in Austria ⓘ
joint occupying powers in Germany ⓘ
participatedIn Allied Control Council for Germany ⓘ
Allied Council for Austria ⓘ
Allied Kommandatura in Berlin ⓘ
Council of Foreign Ministers ⓘ
division of Berlin into four sectors ⓘ
division of Vienna into four sectors ⓘ
drafting of postwar peace treaties with former Axis states ⓘ
establishment of occupation zones in Austria ⓘ
establishment of occupation zones in Germany ⓘ
negotiations on the future of Austria ⓘ
negotiations on the future of Germany ⓘ
relatedEvent Austrian State Treaty of 1955 ⓘ
London Conference of Foreign Ministers ⓘ
Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers ⓘ
Paris Peace Treaties of 1947 ⓘ
Potsdam Conference ⓘ
Yalta Conference ⓘ
relatedTo demilitarization of Germany ⓘ
denazification policies ⓘ
occupation zones in Austria ⓘ
occupation zones in Germany ⓘ
reparations from Germany ⓘ
status of Berlin ⓘ
status of Vienna ⓘ
role principal Allied nations in post–World War II settlement ⓘ
timePeriod 1945–early Cold War era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Powers → alsoKnownAs → Four Occupying Powers ⓘ
linked to: Four Powers