Editing Bizone (section)

== Geography and population ==

The Bizone included the ''Länder'' [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Hamburg]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Hesse]], [[Bavaria]], and [[Württemberg-Baden]] – the northern part of the later [[Baden-Württemberg]] – but not the states of the French zone, to wit [[Württemberg-Hohenzollern]], [[South Baden|Baden]], [[Rheinland-Pfalz]], or those in the Soviet zone [[Mecklenburg (1945–1952)|Mecklenburg]], [[Brandenburg (1945–1952)|Brandenburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)|Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Thuringia]], and [[Saxony]]. Neither part of [[Berlin]] was part of the Trizone nor were any former parts of Germany, such as the [[Saarland]], which, since February 1946, had not been under the joint allied (French) occupational control. The Bizone had a population of approximately 39 million people.

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File:Bizonia.png|Bizone
File:Trizonia.png|Trizone
File:Bizonia Occupation Map.jpg
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