page_title: French Forces in Berlin
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: French Forces in Berlin / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bataillon de tradition du 159e Régiment d'Infanterie Alpine le 8 mai 1946 à Berlin.
context_page_description: The French Forces in Berlin were the units of the French Armed Forces stationed since 1945 until the end of the Cold War-era in West Berlin according to the agreements of the Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference. The troops were the French counterparts to the United States' Berlin Brigade and the United Kingdom's Berlin Infantry Brigade in the city.
context_section_description: By agreement of the Allies, Berlin was divided into four sectors after the unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945. The allied powers of France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States of America were each granted control of a sector, with permission to station troops there.
  The first contingent of french forces, from the 1st Armored Division, arrived in Berlin on July 3, 1945. They were led by General de Beauchesne and occupied Camp Cyclop in the district of Reinickendorf.
  After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from the Allied Control Council and the start of the Berlin Crisis in 1961, units from the other three countries were ordered to protect West Berlin against Soviet troops and against the GDR's own National People's Army (NVA) troops, since the Federal Republic of Germany was not allowed to station Bundeswehr units in Berlin. The French Army first stationed troops in Berlin in 1947. Their headquarters were called Quartier Napoléon.
  After the end of the Cold War and the Two Plus Four Agreement, all Allied troops left Berlin in July 1994.
caption: French forces of 159e Régiment d'Infanterie Alpine parading in front of the Reichstag (1946)
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