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Eisenhower developed a good relationship with Zhukov, and it proved beneficial in resolving differences in post-war occupational issues. Eisenhower's successor, General Lucius D. Clay, also praised the ZhukovβEisenhower friendship, and commented: "The SovietβAmerica relationship should have developed well if Eisenhower and Zhukov had continued to work together". Zhukov and Eisenhower went on to tour the Soviet Union together in the immediate aftermath of the victory over Germany. During this tour Eisenhower introduced Zhukov to Coca-Cola. As Coca-Cola was regarded in the Soviet Union as a symbol of American imperialism, Zhukov was apparently reluctant to be photographed or reported as consuming such a product. Zhukov asked if the beverage could be made colourless to resemble vodka. A European subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation delivered an initial 50 cases of White Coke to Marshal Zhukov.
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The first conflict where airplanes were used in combat (and also where a plane was shot down down with rifles).
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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
