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Related: About this forumThe US war with Germany officially lasted about 10 years.
Dec 11, 1941 to 19 Oct, 1951. Truman made an official announcent on Oct. 24, 1951.
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The US war with Germany officially lasted about 10 years. (Original Post)
Kaleva
Jun 2017
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left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)1. I just read "Truman" by David McCullough
The delay in signing an allied peace treaty, ending the war with Germany, was the Soviet Union.
Stalin wanted to destroy the nation of Germany, while the western allies saw a democratic Germany as essential to defending Europe from the Russians.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,620 posts)2. I'm under the impression that no
actual peace treaty was signed with Germany after WWII by the allied powers.
The collapse of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, was the true end of WWII.
Kaleva
(38,032 posts)4. The situation is rather complicated...
and one could have a nice life time hobby doing scholarly research on the subject.
SeattleVet
(5,582 posts)3. When I was stationed in Germany...
from 1978-1981 we were still legally considered an 'occupation', according to our Status of Forces agreements.