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Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49
Buch von Daniel Cowling
Sprache: Englisch

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Germany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their traumatised populations, exhausted and embittered by defeat, face a future of acute privation and hardship.

Such was the broken state of the nation in which a British civilian and military force arrived in the spring and summer of 1945. Their zone of occupation was the northern and northwestern part of Germany, the country's former industrial heartland. Their task? To build democracy from the ruins of Hitler's Reich, and, having defeated Nazism on the battlefield, to 'win the peace' by eradicating Nazism from German hearts and minds.

As well as offering a vivid narrative of the British occupation in political and military terms, from the Potsdam Conference to the Berlin Airlift, Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans explores the day-to-day experiences of the ordinary Britons who worked for the Control Commission for Germany between 1945 and 1949. Some reconstructed bridges and schools, supervised the destruction of military matériel and brought fugitive Nazis to justice; while others became entangled in black marketeering, corruption and sexual scandal. In time, they would find themselves on the front line of the Cold War, as irreconcilable tensions divided Europe between East and West.
Germany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their traumatised populations, exhausted and embittered by defeat, face a future of acute privation and hardship.

Such was the broken state of the nation in which a British civilian and military force arrived in the spring and summer of 1945. Their zone of occupation was the northern and northwestern part of Germany, the country's former industrial heartland. Their task? To build democracy from the ruins of Hitler's Reich, and, having defeated Nazism on the battlefield, to 'win the peace' by eradicating Nazism from German hearts and minds.

As well as offering a vivid narrative of the British occupation in political and military terms, from the Potsdam Conference to the Berlin Airlift, Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans explores the day-to-day experiences of the ordinary Britons who worked for the Control Commission for Germany between 1945 and 1949. Some reconstructed bridges and schools, supervised the destruction of military matériel and brought fugitive Nazis to justice; while others became entangled in black marketeering, corruption and sexual scandal. In time, they would find themselves on the front line of the Cold War, as irreconcilable tensions divided Europe between East and West.
Über den Autor
Daniel Cowling
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: James Holland; Keith Lowe; Ian Kershaw; Lara Feigel.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: 20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 480
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781800243507
ISBN-10: 1800243502
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Cowling, Daniel
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 239 x 156 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Daniel Cowling
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,72 kg
preigu-id: 126931639
Über den Autor
Daniel Cowling
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: James Holland; Keith Lowe; Ian Kershaw; Lara Feigel.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: 20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 480
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781800243507
ISBN-10: 1800243502
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Cowling, Daniel
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 239 x 156 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Daniel Cowling
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,72 kg
preigu-id: 126931639
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