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Cassette cabinet
Sound recordings undated
Cassette cabinet
Sound recording of an oral history of U.S. forces entering Berlin, Germany, 1945 undated
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Use copy reference number: 74093_a_0003648
Scope and Content Note
This oral history is about the Berlin Operation in the last months of World War II. William Friel Heimlich describes the denazification,
disarmament, and subsequent occupation of Berlin by Allied forces. Topics discussed include the Potsdam Conference, refugee
handling, social conditions, landscape and infrastructure deterioration, Operation Sparkler, inadequacy of U.S. soldier preparedness,
and reflections on the U.S. success of the mission. (2 sound cassettes)
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