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"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 There are personal experiences, letters from the front, personal war diaries and material from previously unpublished sources in Britain and Germany.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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Author:   Ulrike Jordan (University of Sussex, UK.) ,  Ulrike Jordan (University of Sussex, UK.) ,  Peter Wende (Director, German Historical Institute, London)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.231kg
ISBN:  

9781350183179

ISBN 10:   1350183172
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   25 February 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - vii Preface Peter Wende - ix Introduction Ulrike Jordan - 1 Part I 1. British Post-War Planning for Germany: Haunted by the Past Lother Ketternacker - 13 2. The German 'National Character' in British Perspective Anthony J. Nicholls - 26 3. 'A Mixture of Stubborn Resistance ad Sudden Surrender': The British Media Report on the End of the War in Europe Ulrike Jordan - 40 4. Towards Occupation: First Encounters in North Germany Kurt Jurgensen - 53 Part II 5. Fifty Years On: Accounts by Eyewitnesses - 69 6. Extracts from Contemporary Correspondence and Diaries - 87 7. Contemporary Documents and Broadcast - 114 8. Statistics - 148 Select Bibliography - 152 Notes on Contributors - 159 Index - 161

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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.

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