The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties across the Iron Curtain

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Dwight Eisenhower talks into Georgy Zhukov's ear while a third general, Bernard Montgomery, looks on. All three are holding glasses before a toast.
British Gen. Bernard Montgomery, left, US Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, center, and Soviet Gen. Georgy Zhukov, before a toast on June 10, 1945.

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