The purpose of the Allied Control Council in Germany, like the other Allied Control Commissions and Councils which were established by the Allies over every defeated Axis power, was to deal with the central administration of the country (an idea that hardly materialised in the case of Germany, as that administration totally broke down with the end of the war) and to assure that the military administration was carried out with a certain uniformity throughout all of Germany.
Formålet med det allierede kontrolråd i Tyskland, ligesom de andre kommissioner og råd, som de allierede havde nedsat for hver af de andre besejrede aksemagter, drejede sig om at håndtere centraladministrationen i landet (en ide, som aldrig rigtig blev til virkelighed for Tysklands vedkommende, da centraladministrationen brød totalt sammen ved krigens slutning) og sikre, at det militære styre blev udført med en vis ensartethed i hele Tyskland.