Editing Bizone (section)

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{{short description|Joint zone of British and US occupied West Germany}}
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[[File:Map-Germany-1945.svg|thumb|right|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 (protectorate)|Saar]], following a French and US decision of 1946) and the state [[Bremen (state)|Free Hanseatic City of Bremen]] (established as a US exclave within the British zone as of early 1947).]]

The '''Bizone''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbiːˌt͡soːnə|lang|De-Bizone.ogg}}) or '''Bizonia'''<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67354/Bizonia Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref> was the combination of the [[United States|American]] and the [[British occupation zone in Germany|British]] occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the [[Allied-occupied Germany|occupation of Germany]] after [[World War II]]. With the addition of the [[France|French]] occupation zone on 1 August 1948<ref name=EU>{{cite web |title=The division of Germany |url=https://www.cvce.eu/en/education/unit-content/-/unit/55c09dcc-a9f2-45e9-b240-eaef64452cae/5d3b421b-9a4b-46fc-a041-fab64325d6a6 |website=Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe |publisher=The University of Luxembourg |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=Wegs>J. Robert Wegs & Robert Ladrech (1996). ''Europe since 1945: a concise history''. New York.</ref> the entity became the '''Trizone'''<ref>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.</ref> ({{IPA|de|ˈtʁiːˌt͡soːnə|lang|De-Trizone.ogg}}; sometimes jokingly called '''Trizonesia''' ({{langx|de|Trizonesien}}, {{IPA|de|tʁit͡soˈneːzi̯ən|-|De-Trizonesien.ogg}})<ref>As, for example, in a well-known [[Carnival in Germany, Switzerland and Austria|Karneval]] song from that time, the "[[Wir sind die Eingeborenen von Trizonesien|Trizonesien-Song]]".</ref>). Later, on 23 May 1949, the Trizone became the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly known as [[West Germany]].