Slightly OT but - books on the immediate postwar period?

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by Chris C, Jun 18, 2017.

  1. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Hi all,

    Finished reading my book on the Comet which talked about various deployments after VE Day including IIRC Italy.

    This reminded me that I don't really know all that much about Europe in the immediate postwar period. Another thing I didn't know about until recently was the alternative plan for "what to do with Germany" which involved deindustrializing the country, shipping factories out, and dividing it up into even more than it was. And what did the Allies do with all the POW they captured?

    Any recommendations?
     
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  4. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Both look interesting! :)
     
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  8. Alex1975uk

    Alex1975uk Well-Known Member

    I have "the end" it's about the restructuring of admin / government / law and order in Germany after may 45.

    Alex.
     
  9. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    Aftermath of War: Everyone Must Go Home: Amazon.co.uk: Sir Carol Mather: 9780080377087: Books

    In retirement, he wrote Aftermath of War: Everyone Must Go Home, published in 1992. A memoir of his duties in Germany in 1945, visiting camps holding Axis prisoners, including Cossacksand Yugoslavs who fought for the Germans and who were returned to face an uncertain future under Stalin and Tito, the book was also a defence of Harold Macmillan against allegations of treachery made by Nikolai Tolstoy. Mather also published a war memoir in 1997, When the Grass Stops Growing.

    Carol Mather - Wikipedia

    Ex-SGs, No. 8 Commando, SAS, Liaison Officer to Monty in NWE.

    I haven't read it, but his main biographical memoir is excellent.
     
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  10. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    So does anyone know of any broader treatment of the period, say, 1945-48?

    I did some digging around online and came across something talking about upset among the troops still in Egypt for demob taking so long, and German POW work companies.

    I'd like to know more about post-war Allied presence in Italy as well, for instance.
     

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