After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied OccupationBasic Books, 3 de jul. de 2007 - 618 páginas When the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, the Allied powers converged on Germany and divided it into four zones of occupation. A nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs, was suddenly subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. Rape was rampant. Hundreds of thousands of Germans and German-speakers died in the course of brutal deportations from Eastern Europe. By the end of the year, Germany was literally starving to death. Over a million German prisoners of war died in captivity, where they were subjected to inadequate rations and often tortured. All told, an astounding 2.25 million German civilians died violent deaths in the period between the liberation of Vienna and the Berlin airlift. A shocking account of a massive and vicious military occupation, After the Reich offers a bold reframing of the history of World War II and its aftermath. Historian Giles MacDonogh has unearthed a record of brutality which has been largely ignored by historians or, worse, justified as legitimate retaliation for the horror of the Holocaust. Drawing on a vast array of contemporary firstperson accounts, MacDonogh has finally given a voice to tens of millions of civilians who, lucky to survive the war, found themselves struggling to survive a hellish peace. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
The Fall of Vienna | 25 |
A Picture of Liberated Central Europe | 45 |
Berlin | 95 |
Expulsions from Czechoslovakia Hungary and Yugoslavia | 125 |
Home to the Reich Recovered Territories in | 162 |
Prologue | 199 |
Life in the American Zone | 227 |
Guilt | 339 |
Black Market | 372 |
Light Fingers | 381 |
Where are our Men? | 392 |
The Trials | 429 |
The Little Fish | 451 |
Peacemaking in Potsdam | 471 |
The Great Freeze | 496 |
Life in the British Zone | 250 |
Life in the French Zone | 269 |
Austrias Zones and Sectors | 278 |
Life in All Four Zones | 314 |
The Berlin Airlift and the Beginnings of Economic | 517 |
Conclusion | 542 |
Further Reading | 585 |
Outras edições - Ver todos
After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation Giles MacDonogh Visualização parcial - 2009 |
After the Reich: From the Liberation of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift Giles MacDonogh Prévia não disponível - 2007 |
After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation Giles MacDonogh Prévia não disponível - 2009 |
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