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How was Germany divided at the end of WWII? Why?

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After Germany's unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945, at the Potsdam Conference (17 July to 2 August 1945), the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones, France in the southwest, Britain in the northwest, the United States in the south, and the soviet Union in the east, bordered by the Oder.

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