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Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49 (Hardcover)
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Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans - The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49 (Hardcover)
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The untold history of the British occupation of Germany, told
through the eyes of the people who were there. Following the end of
the Second World War, between 1945 and 1949, British forces
occupied the northern part of what would become West Germany. Here,
Daniel Cowling presents a political and military history of this
occupation, but also explores the experiences of the thousands of
British men and women who were tasked with building a democracy out
of the ruins of Hitler's Germany. From reconstructing bridges and
schools in the British Zone to tracking down fugitives, their job
was to leave no stone unturned in the fight to eradicate Nazism.
But this force of civilian and military occupiers soon became
entangled in the murky underworld of post-war Europe – rife with
black-marketeering, corruption, cover-ups, sex and scandal. In
time, they would also find themselves at the frontline of the Cold
War, as irreconcilable tensions divided Europe between East and
West. Based on a battery of source materials that ranges from
newspaper reports to feature films, from declassified Foreign
Office documents to private diaries, personal letters and
interviews with veterans, Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
offers telling insights into Britain's experience of the Second
World War and the Cold War, and sheds revelatory light on the
development of Britain's relationship with Europe since 1945.
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