Seems like they could have drawn the boundaries to give the allies something else instead of half of a city so far from their own zone.

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WeDriftEternal t1_iujybr3 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:10 PM

It wasn't split into two, it was split into 4, and later became two.

The allies divided up Germany (and Austria) each into 4 sectors (American, British, French, and Soviet). However, they also decided that Berlin so was important, they they would also split Berlin into 4 sectors as well, despite it being inside of the Soviet sector.

Eventually, the American, British, and French sectors of Germany combined to form a singular West Germany, this included their sectors of Berlin as well. The Soviet Sector, including their part of Berlin, became East Germany.

P0L1Z1STENS0HN t1_iuk3t6y wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:54 PM

Note that Vienna was also parted into four sectors. Austria however regained independence as a single country in 1955, before the Eastern bloc started their wall-building frenzy.

luxmesa t1_iujy70q wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:09 PM

Berlin was the capital, so it was too important to give to one country, so it got divided separately from the rest of Germany. It’s also worth noting that these territories were supposed to be temporary administrative regions until Germany had its own government that the UK, US, France and USSR were happy with. The issue is that it took decades to reach that point.