The map shows Germany at the height of the Cold War.

Division of Germany and Berlin

The inset on the map shows that Berlin was

located in West Germany.

divided just as Germany was divided.

under the control of the Soviet Union.

under the control of the United States.

The correct answer is: "Berlin was divided just as Germany was divided".

After the defeat of nazi Germany in WWII, the victorious Allied Forces (United Kingdom, France, URSS and US) took control of the country and dismantled all the political and social structures that had been developed during the nazi era.

Germany was divided into four occupation zones and distributed one for each Allied country. The three Western zones, under the control of United Kingdom, US and France, united and formed the Federal Republic of Germany, while the soviet zone continued on its own and formed the German Democratic Republic.

Berlin was divided in four zones as well, and also the three zones corresponding to the Western countries merged. But is important to remark that Berlin was located inside the occupation zone controlled by the URSS (East Germany), which became later on the German Democratic Republic. Three thirds of the city of Berlin were under the control of the Western powers (United Kingdom, US and France) and the Eastern area was under the control of the URSS.

B. Berlin was divided just as Germany wad divided