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To: unclewest who wrote (394799)11/22/2010 8:29:27 PM
From: LindyBill2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794366
 
Of course with their 35 or so tanks, they were hopelessly outnumbered by the E German and Soviet tank units surrounding Berlin

IMO, if we had knocked down the start of the Berlin wall when they begin, they would have stopped. Same thing in '48. If Truman had sent a column to Berlin when they closed the border, we would never have needed the airlift. Revisionist history, I know.



To: unclewest who wrote (394799)11/23/2010 4:59:45 AM
From: Ish  Respond to of 794366
 
<<Of course with their 35 or so tanks, they were hopelessly outnumbered by the E German and Soviet tank units surrounding Berlin.>>

At one time the Soviets had 50,000 T34s which were the worlds best tanks. If they had rolled through the Fulda Gap, going nuke would have been the only option.


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