Bizone

For the ancient Greek city, see Kavarna.
"Bizonia" redirects here. Not to be confused with Bizionia or Bison.
Occupation zones of Germany, with the beige areas out of joint Allied control (the former eastern territories of Germany according to the joint British, Soviet and US Potsdam Agreement of 1945 and the formerly western German Saar, following a French and US decision of 1946) and the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (established as a US exclave within the British zone as of early 1947).

The Bizone (German: [ˈbiːˌt͡soːnə] ⓘ) or Bizonia[1] was the combination of the American and the British occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the occupation of Germany after World War II. With the addition of the French occupation zone on 1 August 1948[2][3] the entity became the Trizone[4] (German: [ˈtʁiːˌt͡soːnə] ⓘ; sometimes jokingly called Trizonesia (German: Trizonesien, German pronunciation: [tʁit͡soˈneːzi̯ən] ⓘ)[5]). Later, on 23 May 1949, the Trizone became the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly known as West Germany.

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ "The division of Germany". Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe. The University of Luxembourg. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ J. Robert Wegs & Robert Ladrech (1996). Europe since 1945: a concise history. New York.
  4. ^ Hans Georg Lehmann, Chronik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1945/49 bis 1981, Munich: Beck, 1981, (Beck'sche Schwarze Reihe; Vol. 235), ISBN 3-406-06035-8, p. 18.
  5. ^ As, for example, in a well-known Karneval song from that time, the "Trizonesien-Song".