A critical issue that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union by the spring of 1945 concerned: which country's army would capture Berlin. whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Germany. how to deal with Hitler after the end of the war. Eisenhower's insistence that American troops be allowed to cross the Elbe River.

A critical issue that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union by the spring of 1945 concerned: which country's army would capture Berlin. whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Germany. how to deal with Hitler after the end of the war. Eisenhower's insistence that American troops be allowed to cross the Elbe River.

		which country's army would capture Berlin.
		whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Germany.
		how to deal with Hitler after the end of the war.
		Eisenhower's insistence that American troops be allowed to cross the Elbe River.