Patrick Zeifert June 5, 2011 Period 1 AP US History Final Paper The Battle of Berlin—Failure to Act Sows Seeds of U.S.’s Future Relationship with the U.S.S.R. In one of the most impactful battles of World War II, the Battle of Berlin, the United States chose not to participate in what became a horrific slaughter of both German soldiers and civilians and a substantial advancement toward the “Cold War” that dominated United States and European relationships with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, over the next fifty years. The Battle of Berlin was the last major battle of World War II in the European Theatre. In this final act, the Soviets wreaked brutal revenge on Germany for the German atrocities that the German military
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It made large-scale use of airborne forces, whose tactical objectiveswere to secure a series of bridges over the main rivers of the German-occupied Netherlands and allow a rapid advance by armored units into Northern Germany. Initially, the operation was marginally successful and several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured. However, Gen. Horrocks' XXX Corps ground force's advance was delayed by the demolition of a bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal, as well as an extremely overstretched supply line, at Son, delaying the capture of the main road bridge over the Meuse until 20 September. At Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division encountered far stronger resistance than anticipated. In the ensuing battle, only a small force managed to hold one end of the Arnhem road bridge and after the ground forces failed to relieve them, they were overrun on 21 September.
It can be said that there was significant military success due to the several militant achievements, for example; the US was able to restore ROK to its former state, prior to the invasion by the DPNK. However, this was only achieved through the use of a large scale American force (300,000 + troops), along with the enlistment of 14 other nations. Through this the famous Incheon Landing was able to take place, whereby, the US reclaimed ROK from DPNK, as well as capturing Pyongyang. This was successful militarily, because it meant that the US was able to push back the North and prevent the South from being taken under a Communist rule. The Incheon Landing was hugely significant, because it showed that even though General MacArthur faced many risks, due to the geographical nature of the task, by successfully reclaiming the area, he was able to show that US was indeed a powerful force in terms of its military feats.
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poopThe capital of Germany, Berlin had a powerful political appeal as a target and objective in the final phases of the war in Europe. While it was certainly a major Germany city, it was in many ways throughout the war no longer the functioning capital, since Adolf Hitler spent most of his time at Berchtesgaden and at various field headquarters. The Supreme Allied Commander, Dwight D. Eisenhower, did not consider Berlin a key military objective and made the decision to allow the city to fall to the Soviet Red Army while the forces of the western Allies turned south into Bavaria. (Eisenhower's decision was also motivated by his understanding of the diplomatic situation; at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt had promised Joseph Stalin that, all other things being equal, Berlin would be a Red Army objective.) Yet it is undeniably true that Berlin was a moral and symbolic prize of enormous importance, both to the Nazi regime and the victorious Allies.
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