The Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany

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🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Daniel Cowling talks to Spencer Mizen about the British occupation of Germany from 1945-49, and describes how the young officials tasked with rebuilding a broken nation navigated acute privation, a traumatised population and scepticism among their compatriots back home to help set Germany on the road to democracy. (Ad) Daniel Cowling is the author of Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49 (Apollo, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Lets-Beastly-Germans-Occupation/dp/1800243502/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:24.7	In the spring and summer of 1945, a British civilian and military force arrived in Germany,
1:29.3	tasked with building a democracy from the ruins of war.
1:34.6	As Daniel Cowling describes in his new book, Don't Let's Be Be Beasley to the Germans,
1:41.6	it was an undertaking that encountered enormous skepticism, from both Germans and Britons.
1:48.8	Here in conversation with Spencer Mizzin, Daniel describes how the occupiers met this formidable challenge.
1:50.9	Daniel, thanks for joining us today.
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