Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393320103
• ISBN13: 9780393320107
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.3"