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To: Gunslingr3

Eisenhower allowed the Russians to get to Berlin first.


3 posted on 03/07/2021 11:13:45 PM PST by american_ranger
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To: american_ranger

And he saved thousands of American lives by doing so. Russians paid dearly to capture the Reichstag.


4 posted on 03/07/2021 11:24:09 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: american_ranger

Worth remembering that Ike didn’t just do that because Ivan was more accepting of the horrific number of casualties that taking Berlin would possibly involve, but also because Ivan had recently repeatedly proven that he was the grand master of urban warfare bar none. The taking of Aachen in 1944 by the US had been Stalingrad Diet Lite and it left a bad taste in US commanders’ mouths.


9 posted on 03/08/2021 12:05:44 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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