United States of America
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On 17 June 1945 the first small advance party of American military personnel arrived in the Berlin area. From the direction of the Elbe River, they come the Autobahn Berlin Helmstedt via forced detours. While most of them were detained by the Soviets in a compound near Babelsberg, a few were permitted to ...
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France
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The division of Berlin into three sectors was decided in London, 19 to 30 October 1944. Since France participated in the occupation of Germany, the protocol was amended accordingly (1 May 1945, and 26 July 1945). BErlin was now being devided into four sectors. The fourth sector was carved out of ...
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Great Britain
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On 4th July 1945 the first British units arrived in Berlin from the West via Heerstrasse. It was the 7th Armored Division, also called "Dersert Rats" for participating in the battle of El Alamein in Northern Africa The Desert Rats were accompanied with ...
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Soviet Union
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The Battle of Berlin started with the offensive of the Soviet troops on 16 April 1945 along the Oder-River: From North-East the 1st Belorussian front, commanded by Marshall Rokossovski, from the East the 2. Belorussian front, commanded by Marshall Zhukov, and from the South-East the ...
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