Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945
the decision to halt at the elbe
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122 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2000
Summary
Behind this decision lay another. Whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at the Elbe River and leave Berlin to the Red Army. Could he have beaten the Russians to Berlin? If so, why didn’t he? If he had, would the Berlin question have arisen? Would Germany have been divided as it was? Would the Cold War have assumed a direction more favorable to the West? In a narrative of steady fasc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393320107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393320103 |
| Series: | Norton Essays in American History |
| Author: | Stephen E. Ambrose |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 122 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2000 |
| Weight: | 161g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 10mm |
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Stephen E. Ambrose
The distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of several best-selling books on World War II and was an editor of the Eisenhower Papers.
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