I find it interesting while reading WWII history that Winston Churchill and the British advocated the Western Allies should take Berlin, Prague, and Vienna as he foresaw the treachery of Stalin and Stalin's desire to control Central and Eastern Europe.
Eisenhower did not see the strategic importance of taking these Central European capitals and the balance of power in Central Europe as he simply thought the casualties to take these cities were not worth it. FDR is as much to blame as well as the Yalta conference was a disaster full of concessions to Stalin.
I find it odd the U.S. fought Germany on the grounds that Germany invaded Poland and France but then blindly allowed the Soviet Union to take Poland, Hungary, Chechozlovakia, Eastern Germany, the Baltics, Romania etc.
General Patton and Winston Churchill were absolutely correct in their assessment of post war Europe and Stalin's intentions.
Eisenhower did not see the strategic importance of taking these Central European capitals and the balance of power in Central Europe as he simply thought the casualties to take these cities were not worth it. FDR is as much to blame as well as the Yalta conference was a disaster full of concessions to Stalin.
I find it odd the U.S. fought Germany on the grounds that Germany invaded Poland and France but then blindly allowed the Soviet Union to take Poland, Hungary, Chechozlovakia, Eastern Germany, the Baltics, Romania etc.
General Patton and Winston Churchill were absolutely correct in their assessment of post war Europe and Stalin's intentions.
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