The division of Berlin mirrored the division of Germany because it was divided between

After World War II, Berlin was divided into western sectors governed by the United States, Britain, and France, and an eastern sector governed by the Soviet Union. This reflected the broader division of Germany into a democratic, Western-aligned west and a communist east. Choice D, “a democratic west and a communist east,” describes that division; choice A leaves out the British and French role in western Berlin.

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