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On April 25, 1945, the historic link-up of American and Russian soldiers at the Elbe River split Nazi Germany in half. American, Russian and German veterans tel

On April 25, 1945, the historic link-up of American and Russian soldiers at the Elbe River split Nazi Germany in half. American, Russian and German veterans tel

Historian Ambrose studies the political and military aspects of Eisenhower's decision to leave Berlin to the Russian army in the waning days of the European War

Eisenberg argues that the United States made the decision to divide Germany, and that this was the key development in the emergence of the Cold War.

Operation 'Berlin', the Soviet offensive launched on 16 April, 1945, by Marshals Zhukov and Koniev, isolated the German Ninth Army and tens of thousands of refu