This book examines the U. S. Army's presence in Germany after the
Nazi regime's capitulation in May 1945. This presence required the
pursuit of two stated missions: to secure German borders, and to
establish an occupation government within the assigned U.S. zone
and sector of Berlin. Both missions required logistics support, a
critical aspect often understated in existing scholarship. The
security mission, covered by the combat troops, declined between
1945 and 1948, but grew again with the Berlin Blockade/Airlift in
1948, and then again with the Korean crisis in 1950. The logistics
mission grew exponentially to support this security mission, as the
U.S. Army was the only U.S. Government agency possessing the
ability and resources to initially support the occupation mission
in Germany. The build-up of 'Little Americas' during the occupation
years stood forward-deployed U.S. military forces in Europe in good
stead over the ensuing decades.
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