The ‘Cold War Series’ is proving a very popular series and this new addition provides a welcome and rare view of BAOR from 1945. The author provides a very readable account of the BAOR from its start as a force of occupation to the end of the Cold War – Most Highly Recommended
NAME: Cold War 1945-1991, British Army of the Rhine, The BAOR 1945-1993 FILE: R2754 AUTHOR: Paul Crystal PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword BINDING: soft back PAGES: 128 PRICE: £14.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: British Occupation Zone, German Partition, post-WWII, Cold War, Europe, Red Army, NW Germany, Rhineland, British Army
ISBN: 978-1-52672-853-2
IMAGE: B2754.jpg BUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/ycab6wqq LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The 'Cold War Series' is proving a very popular series and this new addition provides a welcome and rare view of BAOR from 1945. The author provides a very readable account of the BAOR from its start as a force of occupation to the end of the Cold War - Most Highly Recommended In 1945, the Allies had decided to partition Germany to avoid a repeat of the post 1918 situation where Germany again threatened Europe and the World. It was a period of Nazi hunting and organizing a conquered people. The first troops had spent up to five years fighting Germans, the German cities were 70% rubble and the Russians were determined to remove anything of value from their sector with widespread rape as an added perk for their soldiers. Conscription remained for Britain and the BAOR was soon receiving National Servicemen who had no experience of war or fighting Germans. At the same time, the first moves in the Cold War were starting. Nothing happened overnight across the area occupied by the BAOR. It was more of an evolution and was matched by the evolving changes in the relationship between West Germans and the Western Allies as a common foe brought them together. The author has provided a very able dialogue of this process of change and the work is well illustrated. From occupiers with an understandable hatred of Germans, BAOR became a shield against Russian invasion and slowly evolved into military colleagues and guests in Germany. It was not all sweetness and light as the author has identified