Commander of the American Sector of Berlin
The commander of the American Sector of Berlin was one of the four city commanders of Berlin who represented the US Army in the Interallied Military Command (later: Allied Command ). The Allied Command was the body with which the four occupying powers, the USA , Great Britain , France and the Soviet Union, exercised control over what was then the four-sector city after the Second World War . She was subordinate to the Allied Control Council .
The commanders
Commanders of the American Sector of Berlin were:
| rank | Surname | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Floyd L. Parks | July 4, 1945 - September 6, 1945 |
| Major general | James M. Gavin | September 6, 1945 - October 11, 1945 |
| Major general | Ray W. Barker | October 11, 1945 - May 7, 1946 |
| Major general | Frank A. Keating | May 7, 1946 - May 13, 1947 |
| Brigadier General | Cornelius E. Ryan | May 13, 1947 - September 23, 1947 |
| Brigadier General | William Hesketh | September 23, 1947 - December 1, 1947 |
| Colonel | Frank L. Howley | December 1, 1947 - September 1, 1949 |
| Major general | Maxwell D. Taylor | August 31, 1949 - January 31, 1951 |
| Major general | Lemuel Mathewson | February 1, 1951 - January 2, 1953 |
| Major general | Thomas S. Timberman | Jan. 3, 1953 - August 4, 1954 |
| Major general | George Honnen | August 5, 1954 - September 9, 1955 |
| Major general | Charles L. Dasher | September 10, 1955 - June 3, 1957 |
| Major general | Barksdale Hamlett | June 4, 1957 - December 15, 1959 |
| Major general | Ralph M. Osborne | December 20, 1959 - May 3, 1961 |
| Major general | Albert Watson II | May 4, 1961 - January 2, 1963 |
| Major general | James H. Polk | January 1963 - August 1964 |
| Major general | John F. Franklin Jr. | September 1964 - June 1967 |
| Major general | Robert G. Fergusson | June 1967 - February 1970 |
| Major general | George M. Seignious II | February 1970 - May 1971 |
| Major general | William W. Cobb | May 1971 - June 1974 |
| Major general | Sam S. Walker | June 1974 - August 1975 |
| Major general | Joseph C. McDonough | August 1975 - June 1978 |
| Major general | Calvert P. Benedict | June 1978 - July 1981 |
| Major general | James G. Boatner | July 1981 - June 1984 |
| Major general | John H. Mitchell | June 1984 - June 1988 |
| Major general | Raymond E. Haddock | June 1988 - October 1990 |
See also
- Commander of the British Sector of Berlin
- Commander of the French Sector of Berlin
- Commander of the Soviet Sector of Berlin
- The group of the Soviet armed forces in Germany and their commander in chief
- Military liaison missions
literature
- Gerhard Keiderling: The principle of unanimity prevailed. The Allied Command 1945–1948 . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 12, 2000, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 67-72 ( luise-berlin.de ).