![]() ![]() West German authorities and US forces knew the tank force just over the border could destroy them by simple conventional means through massed numbers. In 1949, the defeated Germans had been divided into an eastern and western section, the east under the control of the communist Soviets. After its strong showing against the German Army in World War 2 (1939-1945), the Soviet military comprised of thousands of proven battle tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery pieces, aircraft and constantly evolving air defense systems. The Cold War in Europe spanned from 1947 into 1991 and the undisputed enemy to the democratic world was the nuclear-armed Soviet Union led by Joseph Stalin. ![]()
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