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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1965
Page
29
Belman Morin surveys the divided city of Berlin as emblem of wartime triumphs and postwar failures of the Grand Alliance. He recalls the 1945 choices, access guarantees, and the lingering East West distrust fueling US Soviet tension and world peace risks.
In 1948 Eisenhower rejected a Berlin drive as a quick end to the war proposing to destroy Ruhr instead. Churchill, disappointed, urged pushing east toward Berlin for political and military reasons. The Combined Chiefs of Staff failed to agree, while historians note Western forces faced weakened German resistance as Russia moved toward Berlin.
The Berlin occupation pattern gave the three powers joint control with optional allied contingents and raised questions about access. American leaders wrestled with wartime promises as Truman pulled forces from Europe while the Russians tightened control. Generals Bradley Clay and Marshall reflect on military versus political aims, the airlift, and views of Churchill Roosevelt and Eisenhower on Berlin’s fate and strategic value.
The article traces postwar Berlin diplomacy from 1943 to 1945, highlighting the Berlin Island in the Soviet zone and the three power talks. It notes American, British, and Soviet planners, shifts in strategy, and Eisenhower’s push for joint Allied administration. It cites Murphy on the misreadings shaping the Berlin settlement and the fragile wartime accord.
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