The American occupation zone in Germany, also known as the US-Zone, and the Southwest zone, was one of the four occupation zones established by the Allies of World War II in Germany west of the Oder–N
Border of the American zone at Tannbach in Mödlareuth, between Thuringia and Bavaria, in 1949.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lucius D. Clay in Berlin in 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. In his previous military career, he led the Allied Expeditionary Force during the Second World War
American occupation zone in Germany
…into the zone. The headquarters of the OMGUS was the former IG Farben Building in Frankfurt. Command of the OMGUS was initially invested in President Dwight Eisenhower, who was commander-in-chief of the American forces in Europe at the end of World War II. Eisenhower's successors were…
Official portrait, 1959
The Eisenhower family home in Abilene, Kansas
Eisenhower (far right) with friends William Stuhler, Major Brett, and Paul V. Robinson in 1919, four years after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point
The meeting of War Plans Division, War Department General Staff in 1942