Originally Posted by
Imagegear
Well if you want to go back we could start with 1945 and the Yalta agreement for the Allies to stop their advance at Berlin. The Russians did not.
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Could you please elaborate more with proven facts?
Here are the facts that I studied in the course of WWII history.
1. The agreement (Protocol) concerning division of the post-war Germany (occupation zones) including Berlin was signed by the USSR, UK and US on Sept. 12, 1944. In Feb 1945 during the Yalta conference it was just confirmed (they more talked about Europe on the whole) and also France was later (March 1945) added to the "club".
2. USSR was following the agreements. Though its army lost about 80K during the battle for Berlin, the pre-agreed zones were then given to the allies.
Eisenhower did not attempt to fight for Berlin, and it was his decision. Some say that he decided to save lives of his soldiers (letting the Russians to do this hard job). Some say that he decided not to conflict with the USSR since the latter promised to declare war on Japan in 2-3 months after Germany was defeated (and it declared).
Sorry for an off-topic....