Allied Control Council
Also known as: Allied Control Authority · Four Powers
The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, also referred to as the Four Powers, was the governing body of the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria following the end of World War II in Europe.
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Allied Control Council: West Berlin
The organisation was based in Schöneberg, West Berlin.
Allied Control Council: The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949
As the Control Council could act only with the agreement of all four members, this move basically paralysed the institution, while the Cold War reached an early high point during the Soviet blockade of Berlin of 1948–1949.