Allied troops leave Berlin in 1994

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The Allied troop withdrawals from Berlin prompt Alistair Cooke to remember the division of Germany following the Second World War.

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Fri 2 Sep 199421:00

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Fri 2 Sep 199421:00
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