Perspectives Lecture Series

6:30 p.m. The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) in welcomes author and scholar, D.M. Giangreco to livestream his lecture, Berlin 1945: The Halt on the Elbe and Redeployment to the Pacific. View the
lecture for free online. In this lecture D. M. Giangreco will discuss the steep increase in U.S. losses during the “casualty surge” of 1944-45 and its relationship to “the Berlin decision” to halt the U.S. Army’s drive into
Germany instead of allowing them to push on to the German capital. Manpower needs for the planned invasion of Japan and the complex redeployment to the Pacific Theater principally drove this decision and had implications for the decision to use the atomic bomb. Mr. Giangreco will highlight the ethical discussions and reasoning behind these strategic decisions, their long-lasting impact, and historical significance. Additionally, this lecture will highlight historical elements of
two Joint Professional Military Education curriculum Special Areas of Emphasis: The Return to Great Power Competition and Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century.
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