History A-Level
Political authority and administration
What Political authority and administration means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Control that shifted from Nazi rule to Allied military occupation, with Germany and Berlin split into four zones run by the USA, USSR, Britain and France.
Topics that use Political authority and administration
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – only) The Nazi experiment, 1929–1949 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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