This map shows the line of demarcation between Soviet and
Anglo-American troops at two different points in time. At the end of the
war in May 1945, the dividing line was to the east of the intended
boundary between the Western occupation zones and the Soviet occupation
zone. To adhere to the borders of the zones of occupation,
Anglo-American troops withdrew from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia,
and Mecklenburg in the early summer of 1945 and handed these territories
over to the Soviet Union on July 1, 1945.
Line of Demarcation between Soviet and Anglo-American Troops (1945)
Source
Source: Bundesministerium für gesamtdeutsche Fragen,
ed., A bis Z. Bonn, 1969, p. 137.