Source A Barbed wire fencing in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, during the early stages of the construction of the Berlin Wall
The Second World War formally ended in September 1945. At conferences held in Yalta and Potsdam that year, the USA, the USSR and Great Britain put plans in place for postwar Europe. Until a long-term solution could be reached, it was agreed that Germany and the city of Berlin would be temporarily divided into four ‘zones of occupation’, each governed by one of the four occupying powers — the USA, the USSR, Britain and France.
AQA Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
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