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Why did Stalin agree to Western Powers having a large section of the City that his forces had taken (at fairly great cost)?

Is there any way it might not have happened?

Mostly the carve up reflected military reality but plainly forces from the West did not take Berlin.

If so how much of a difference does it make.

The two crises over Berlin would not have happened.

Without the Wall and the Western zone in the heart of East Germany.

It would not necassarily prevent events in 1989 but might have made them a bit different.
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