Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they took the offensive at Saint-Mihiel, won back a salient the Germans had held since 1914. Fourteen days after that, the U.S. First Army attacked on the Meuse-Argonne line, broke through the enemy trench systems, routed their way through the weary defenders. Pershing advocated driving on to Berlin. But his wish was thwarted by the Armistice...
...that test, the Berlin crisis had not brought war any nearer, in spite of the the heart-in-mouth atmosphere which prevailed at week's end in Washington, Paris, London and Berlin. The Russians also knew that the West was stronger and hoped that the West's advantage would diminish. If & when it diminished, Russia would have a better chance...
Nothing in the Berlin crisis gave the Kremlin any reason to think it could get what it wanted by war. In fact, the West looked stronger and more united than it had for two years. That the West's position in Berlin was militarily untenable if the Red army attacked was no new discovery. The Russians have known for two years that they could take Berlin-and much more. What deterred them was not Western strength on the spot, but the strength they feared the West could and would mobilize...
...third heartening factor in the week's news was the continued success of the air lift to Berlin, which showed, in small focus but enormous perspective, the military might of the West...
Eden was speaking to a mixed Allied and German audience in Berlin. Another speaker at the same meeting, Berlin's Social Democratic Leader Franz Neumann, noted that it was Bastille Day. The British translator, picking up Neumann's words, sentence by sentence, intoned: "And on this great French holiday in Berlin we honor the ideals of Fraternity, Equality and . . ."The audience roared as the harassed translator appealed in a whisper to Neumann for the third word. Neumann gave fire to the worn phrase by shouting in German: "We here in Berlin know what it is! Liberty...