But the Soviet people, perhaps more than any other, have the memory and fear of German power in their bones.

To be sure, residual fears concerning German power still exist.

They represented a preponderant display of German military power.

That could lead to the paralyzing of the German power of resistance.

Information was illegal during the war as it was not regulated by the German occupying power.

This was due to disagreement among German occupying powers.

This would be the largest buildup of German armed power of the war.

To the man in the street, it was a symbol of German power.

But the great German powers and the force of circumstances proved too strong for him.

So this had to be dealt with, if German power in the region was to be maintained.