Cold War Berlin: An Island City: Volume 4: US Forces in Berlin - Preparing for War 1945-1994

Cold War Berlin – An Island City Volume 4: US Forces in Berlin – Preparing For War 1945–1994 examines how the troops of the US Army’s Berlin Brigade prepared for war: the units that made up the brigade; how it trained; how it was equipped; how it planned to defend the city; and also looks at the Special Forces units that served alongside it.

At the end of the Second World War, the victors split Germany into three zones of occupation, and Berlin was divided into four sectors: one each for the...