Conditions of Surrender

Britons and Germans Witness the End of the War

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

During six months in 1945, the victorious Allies formulated a wide range of policies toward the defeated Germany. This pivotal period - between Yalta and Potsdam - was to herald the re-integration of Germany into postwar Europe, and eventually into the international system of democratic states. It was "the struggle for the soul of Germany". This collection of contributions exposes the intense differences between the Allies regarding Germany's future. The contributors are politicians, journalists and academics, and include eye-witnesses from both the Allies and the German side. There are personal experiences, letters from the front, personal war diaries and material from previously unpublished sources in Britain and Germany. The British papers include an unknown War Cabinet memo showing in graphic terms the British and Allied views of Germany in the face of total defeat.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-25
Mått:140 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:231 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Medarbetare:Peter Wende
ISBN:9781350183179

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Ulrike Jordan researched and edited Conditions of Surrender at the German Historical Institute in London and teaches at the University of Sussex.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements – viiPreface Peter Wende – ixIntroduction Ulrike Jordan – 1Part I1. British Post-War Planning for Germany: Haunted by the Past Lother Ketternacker – 132. The German ‘National Character’ in British Perspective Anthony J. Nicholls – 263. ‘A Mixture of Stubborn Resistance ad Sudden Surrender’: The British Media Report on the End of the War in Europe Ulrike Jordan – 404. Towards Occupation: First Encounters in North Germany Kurt Jürgensen – 53Part II5. Fifty Years On: Accounts by Eyewitnesses – 69 6. Extracts from Contemporary Correspondence and Diaries – 87 7. Contemporary Documents and Broadcast – 1148. Statistics – 148Select Bibliography – 152Notes on Contributors – 159Index – 161