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03-23-2013 , 08:21 PM

Husker

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Following on from the 'Hitler's mistakes' thread I thought we should look at the Allied mistakes during the WWII.

I'll start us off by looking at the end of the war and the Allies agreement to allow the Soviets to take Berlin. A big mistake who's consequences lasted over 40 years.

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03-24-2013 , 10:42 PM

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How did the allies allow the Soviets to take Berlin? I have always believed the Soviets got there 1st and fought for Berlin. The Soviets then gave the Allies 1/2 the city at the end of the war.

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03-25-2013 , 01:00 PM

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How did the allies allow the Soviets to take Berlin? I have always believed the Soviets got there 1st and fought for Berlin. The Soviets then gave the Allies 1/2 the city at the end of the war.

The Allied forces were halted by Eisenhower before they could reach Berlin.

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03-25-2013 , 01:02 PM

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Also note, the spelling mistake in the thread title. English is actually my first language believe it or not

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03-25-2013 , 01:22 PM

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The Allied forces were halted by Eisenhower before they could reach Berlin.

We can never know if Eisenhower's forces would have gotten there first.

Regardless, the partition of Germany was already agreed at Yalta.

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03-25-2013 , 03:47 PM

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The Allied forces were halted by Eisenhower before they could reach Berlin.

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We can never know if Eisenhower's forces would have gotten there first.

Regardless, the partition of Germany was already agreed at Yalta.

True and true, unless you also accept that the provisions at Yalta might have been a mistake as well. In the period between D-Day and Yalta, it's conceivable that the US and Britain might have made a deeper push into German territory rather than rely so much on strategic air power (the overuse of which might be counted as a mistake), but it's hard to see how the Western allies could have prevented the roll of the Red Army over Eastern Europe given the enormous discrepancy in armored divisions in particular.

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03-26-2013 , 12:09 PM

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The Allied forces were halted by Eisenhower before they could reach Berlin.

From what I have read about Eisenhower (a lot!) his decision was based on risk versus reward. Germany was going down and it was a done deal so why waste even more Allied lives rushing to Berlin. Doesn't really strike me as a mistake. Russia was gonna be the same problem one way or the other.

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03-26-2013 , 01:43 PM

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In terms of the possible loss of life involved in tha Allies attempting to take Berlin then it can't be seen as a mistake. I'm just wondering more on the impact on Germany post WWII.

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03-27-2013 , 07:52 AM

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Pelelui seems to be a mistake since it turned out to be meat grinder which was underestimated and could have easily been bypassed.

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04-02-2013 , 05:53 PM

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Versailles.

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