Word: oder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...within 60 miles of Berlin. At that moment, Marshal Georgy Zhukov's Russian troops were bogged down 35 miles east of the German capital; they had been struggling for two months against the savage opposition of Hitler's Eastern Front armies to gain a foothold across the Oder River. Simpson asked if he should push on to liberate Berlin. Instead, he was told by Eisenhower to consolidate his position while spreading troop units north and south along the Elbe's west bank. As Simpson did so, the Soviet army swarmed across the Oder in force; Berlin fell...
...hope and pray that this so-called "tough" stand is not in fact Administration policy. There is a great deal to negotiate about, for the Berlin problem will continue to threaten peace so long as it is dissociated from the real problem of European security. The Oder-Neisse frontier, recognition of East Germany, denuclearization of both Germanys, and Western espionage and propaganda activities in Berlin are real issues in which we could concede much in exchange for formal guarantees on West Berlin's freedom...