Background: Before the Berlin Wall
In 1945, when World War II came to an end, the four allied countries (US, USSR, UK, France) signed a treaty called "The Potsdam Agreement," which divided Germany into four zones, all occupied by the Allied forces. However, in 1949, the Cold War had created much tension between the Soviets and the United States that caused the US, France, and Great Britain to form one section; the Federal Republic of Germany(FRG) and West Berlin on May 23, 1949. Not in this formation, on October 7, 1949, the Soviet Union separately formed the German Democratic Republic (DDR) and East Berlin. Separating the two sectors was the Berlin Wall.
Video of the Potsdam Agreement
Potsdam Agreement (Berlin Conference)
The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Nazi Germany and the entire European Theatre of War territory. Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin, the Allied, had agreed to sign the Potsdam Agreement during the Second World War (1939-45) in the Potsdam Conference.
The Potsdam Agreement had stated that the Allies agree on 1) Political Principals and 2) Economic principles.
The Potsdam Agreement had stated that the Allies agree on 1) Political Principals and 2) Economic principles.