United States, Britain, and France withdraw final troops from Berlin, ending 49 years of Allied occupation

The United States, United Kingdom, and France withdraw their remaining Allied troops from Berlin on September 8, 1994, ending 49 years of foreign military occupation of the German capital. Russia completed its own withdrawal from eastern Germany on August 31, 1994. The ceremony marks full implementation of the Two Plus Four Treaty and Germany's complete sovereignty over its territory. The U.S. retains roughly 70,000 troops at western German bases — Ramstein Air Base, Stuttgart, and Grafenwöhr — under the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, transforming from occupier to ally.