Why was Berlin split into two when it was so far into Soviet Territory?

Question

Seems like they could have drawn the boundaries to give the allies something else instead of half of a city so far from their own zone.

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Answer 1

It wasn’t split into two, it was split into 4, and later became two.

The allies divided up Germany (and Austria) each into 4 sectors (American, British, French, and Soviet). However, they also decided that Berlin so was important, they they would also split Berlin into 4 sectors as well, despite it being inside of the Soviet sector.

Eventually, the American, British, and French sectors of Germany combined to form a singular West Germany, this included their sectors of Berlin as well. The Soviet Sector, including their part of Berlin, became East Germany.