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In June 1945, US and British forces prepared to drive to Berlin to take over their allotted occupation zones. However, they had reckoned without the objections of their Soviet ally, which did everything it could to prevent this from happening. The Cold War started even before WWII ended, and what happened over Berlin demonstrated this very clearly.
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– ‘THE U.S. ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1944-1946’, Earl F. Ziemke (CHAPTER XVII: Zone and Sector: Access to Berlin), Washington
DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990
– ‘The Last 100 Days’, John Toland, London: Orion Books, 1965
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England and the US fought the wrong side……
To be honest the western allies were also ready to betray their partner in war from an early point on, too. After all they were very eager to get military goods, information and specialists (especially about the modern missiles, jets and so on) from areas of the future Soviet Occupation Zone in the time they had controll there. That was hardly a sign of trust or staying true to what has been agreed I think.
So the Dangerfield Kinison scene was dead on the money in Back to School?
I remember my older brother telling me a story ( I don't recall where he heard it from possibly an old German soldier from when he was living in Germany) that when the Germans surrendered to US forces they were like "okay we've surrendered, now give us back our weapons and we'll join you to fight the Russians!" And they were incredulous when they found out that we we're not going to fight the Russians, but instead they were our friends. But with friends like that, who needs enemies?!?
the union flage is only called a jack when on a ship
Sprouting shoots of the Cold War.
Just like Biden, 'mericans always pursue a parochial financial agenda.
Great post, thank you.
Churchill was a good boy for Stalin… His pawn if you will, a proper puppet…
Germans were right about DON"T TRUST RUSSIA look what happening today
Americans talking to the Soviets, having to remind Churchill that the adults are talking…
OMG! It was the soviets who captured Berlin! Who knew…
Why did the French get a zone?
Did any soviets face war crimes???
Why didn't the Soviets insist that their occupation zone in Berlin include the Reichstag within its boundaries? Quite a number of Soviet soldiers had died in the bitter and intense fighting for that building, and, as the symbolic seat of power of the German state, its capture signified the Allied victory in Europe. Moreover, the Reichstag being in Soviet hands would put Stalin in a strong symbolic and practical position to affect the shape and course of the new German state. Given Soviet willingness to exploit "facts on the ground" as seen in this video, this giveaway is a mystery.
usa fought on wrong side
I am sure that the principles of western states have not changed since then. Did Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan receive as much friendly help as the unfortunate berliners? Well, after the outrages committed by the russians.
Roosevelt sold us out. Things should have been different.
I served in the 2d Armored Division at Fort Hood, TX and Grafenwoehr, Germany in the late 1970s. It was a source of pride to be a member of the division that occupied Berlin in 1945. Too bad the Army later deactivated 2AD.
Great video on the time right after the war. I served in the US Army and was in Berline from 1971-1974. A lot had been repaired but not all. There was the tension you described and also the games. I worked at Check Point Carlie, the US Army Passenger and Freight trains running from West Germany to Berline and back. One little fact very few people know about is the small town of Steinstucken, a couple miles outside West Berlin in the Soviet sector, but still part of West Berlin. Every heard of that and the fact that the U.S. kept 3 MP's there at all times?
We might of saved a lot of headache if Patton had lived and gotten his war with the Russians. But without the Cold War would we have landed on the moon? Or made half the technological military advances we’ve seen over the past 80 years?
With allies like that, who needs enemies?
lol. All the known shills trying to trashtalk Soviet involvement in WW2 though Soviets lost more than any other and had most-reason to return the fight to sender.
U.S. dealt/platformed/promoted the reich for a decade leading upto Japan starting WW2 and…five years of war
I'm sure we are shocked at Stalin's conduct😮
Certainly foreshadowing the present realities with the Putin and the Chinese empires.
I haven't seen "allies" this hostile since the Japanese army and Navy
An awful lot of the problems with Stalin was because Eisenhower decided that Berlin was no longer a target of the Western Allies. Had Berlin been occupied by the Americans, Stalin wouldn't have been able to play games with the West.
What if WW2 in Europe din't end ?
What if Stalin declared war on British and the Americans for Berlin
Amazing how nazi apologists and sympathisers have been normalised and found a home here
Stalin always tried to back out of agreements, and drag his feet as much as possible, as with the Iran crisis in 1946. But he knew it would be suicide to take on the Allies directly.
Fascinating story again Mark thank you respect 🤝🙏👏🫶
In 1975 I was stationed in Kladow with 1 Para. We did a battalion move to the zone ( the British sector in Germany) I was in the back of a land rover signaling for a major who had jumped at Rhine crossing in the war. The young lieuy leading the convoy managed to get us lost I heard the major say , it took us four years to get over the Rhine in the war this bloke should have been in charge we have crossed it three times in the last few hours.
The Western Allies fought the wrong enemy. The events of today prove this!
thanks! and again, I've learned soemthing new!