The Allied Kommandatura, or often just Kommandatura, also known as the Alliierte Kommandantur in German, was the governing body for the city of Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War II. The victorious allied powers established control of post-war Germany and other territories via shared Military Government councils, including for Berlin. The Kommandatura was often known as the little brother[1] to the Allied Control Council, which had the same function for the whole of Germany, and was subordinate to it.[2] It originally comprised representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union but later included France.