World War II was unquestionably the greatest bloodletting in world history.

Never before had so many people lost their lives in such a short period of time.

Of all the many tragedies which took place during the war, one of the largest actually took place

after the war.

It was the largest single forced migration of people in humid history.

It resulted in millions of deaths and almost no one knows about it.

Learn more about the post-World War II German expulsions

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Audible.com. My audiobook recommendation today is Potsdam,

the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe by Michael Nyberg.

After Germany's defeat in World War II,

Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent.

Food and fuel were scarce. Britain was bankrupt while Germany had been reduced to

rubble. In July 1945 Truman, Churchill and Stalin gathered in a quiet suburb of

Berlin to negotiate a lasting peace. A peace that would finally put to an end the

conflagration that had started in 1914, a peace under which Europe could be

rebuilt. But driven by tensions and dramatic debates over how to end the most recent war,

they only dimly understood that their discussion of peace were giving birth to a new

global conflict. You can get a free one-month trial to Audible and two free

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clicking on the link in the show notes.

The topic of this episode is one that many people and dare I say the vast majority of people have never heard about.

It's almost never mentioned in school history courses.

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