Dimensions
172 x 248 x 10mm
In 1945, the word Germany was synonymous with chaos. The country had become a scene of unprecedented devastation, wrought mainly by a trio of calamities - aerial bombardment, ground fighting and scorched earth measures. The nation's cities and industries lay in ruins, its transportation system was paralyzed and its population was desperately war-weary. Millions had become refugees, Germans fled the bomb-battered cities and advancing enemy forces, and foreign slave labourers and concentration camp inmates were liberated by the Allies. Perry Biddiscombe's new book is the first history of denazification of Germany.