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EUROPE: The great German arsenal city of Essen fell today in the wake of three American armies racing over the last 100 miles to Berlin at a clip that was expected to bring a juncture with the Red Army in the next 24 to 72 hours (April 11) ...

American Ninth Army tanks smashed through the Elbe river defenses today, striking into the last 50 miles before Berlin, and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army splintered Germany’s east front supply lines with a 46-mile dash for Halle and Leipzig (April 12) ...

A solemnly hushed house of commons adjourned five minutes after it had convened in London in respect to the memory of President Roosevelt (April 13) ...

Gen. Mark W. Clark announced today that the “spring offensive in the Mediterranean theatre has begun,” with the U.S. Fifth and British Eighth armies engaged in operations along the entire Italian battlefront (April 16).

World War II Remembered

[Yasotay]

I think the 2nd AD's bridgehead being crushed on the Elbe tilted Ike to stop. The 83rd ID had a very strong brigehead across the Elbe at Barby. I think that Ike was hoping to take Berlin "On the Fly".

[Squantos]

We had the best gear back then.......:o)