Soviet Occupation of Germany
Subtitle: Hunger, Mass Violence and the Struggle for Peace, 1945-1947
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781107043817
Subjects: Germany, history, 20th century; Germany, politics and government, 1945-1990; Soviet union, history, military
Description: This is a new account of the Soviet occupation of postwar Germany and the beginning of the Cold War. Dr Slaveski shows how in the immediate aftermath of war the Red Army command struggled to contain the violence of soldiers against German civilians and, at the same time, feed and rebuild the country.