Don’t let’s be beastly to the Germans

Cowling, Daniel

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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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Publish Date: 01/08/2024

Description

The untold history of the British occupation of Germany, told through the eyes of the people who were there.

In the spring of 1945, a British civilian and military force arrived in northwestern Germany, the former industrial heartland of a defeated nation. They were tasked with building democracy from the ruins of Hitler’s Reich, and ‘winning the peace’ by eradicating Nazism from German hearts and minds.

Using a battery of source materials – from newspaper reports to feature films, and from declassified Foreign Office documents to interviews with veterans – Daniel Cowling presents a vivid narrative of the four years of the British occupation. He explores the day-to-day experiences of the Britons who worked for the Control Commission for Germany between 1945 and 1949 and who soon found themselves on the front line of the Cold War, as irreconcilable tensions divided Europe between East and West.

Additional information

Weight 388 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 33 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

416

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

943.0874 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K