WWII Hot Takes: Should the Allies Have Raced for Berlin?
professor of US military history, Missouri S&T; author of multiple volumes on the US Army in WWII
Selection · Edition 2026-06-19
McManus and Hymel launch a counterfactual series by tackling the perennial broad-front vs. Berlin question, weighing Eisenhower's logistical constraints against the political cost of ceding the capital to the Soviets.
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