Eisenhower himself gave three reasons not to push on to Berlin:
His armies were already well beyond the line agreed upon with the Soviets for the Western occupation zones. He did not want to offend Stalin and knew that any added territory taken would be handed over to Soviet control.
He had some concerns about his troops meeting Soviet troops if both were pursuing the same goal.
Berlin was only a political objective, not a military objective, General Eisenhower said.
It also was a factor that one of Eisenhower's field commanders had estimated that for US troops to take Berlin could cost as many as 100,000 casualties. The Soviet armies bore the cost. 30,000 Soviet soldiers died in the Battle of Berlin.
On this day, British soldiers fired on and killed "<span>c. unarmed colonists" although it should be noted that colonists were throwing stones and sticks at the British soldiers. </span>
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The North favored the admission of California to the union. The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free territory but also allowed for the Fugitive Slave, which allowed for the recapture of fugitive slaves anywhere in the United States.
Answer:
The terms of the surrender were generous: Confederate soldiers would have to turn in their rifles, but they could return home immediately and keep their horses or mules. They were also given food as many of them were very hungry. These terms were more than Lee and the Confederate Army could ask for.
