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ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES
THE U.S. ARMY IN THE
OCCUPATION OF GERMANY
1944-1946
by
Earl F.
Ziemke
CENTER
OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
2003
Library
of
Congress
Catalog Card Number:
75-
619027
First Printed 1975-CMH Pub
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Foreword
Long herore
the
dust
sett
led
0
11
European
hattlefields
in World Wa r
II
,
the
U.S. Army
had to fa
ce
the
difficul
t
tasks
of
occupying
and
governing
war-lorn
German
)"
Its
leaders and
troops were
ca
ll
ed
upon to
deal with
a
seric'i
of
complex
challenges
in
political
,
econom
ic, finan
cial,
social ,
and
cultural
affairs, tasks be-
yond the traditional
com
hat roles
of soldiers.
This
volume
provides
nn
authoritative
aCCOUnl
o
f
the role
of
the
U
.S.
Army
in military
governm ent
and
occupation
of
Germany from the
inception
of plan-
ning until the
relat ive
separation
of
milit
ary government and
tactical troops in
1946
.
In
the process,
it
offers
an in
-depth
study of
Ihe
first
yea
r, the
formative
period
of
the
occupation,
a
most
eventful
phase in the
shaping
of
post-war
Eur-
ope.
The
story
ranges
from
Washington
and
theater headquarters
down
to mili-
tary
government
detachments
in
the
field
,
and
covcrs t
he
varied
national and
interna tiona l
civil
ian
and
military
a
ppariltu.~
that
evo
lved. Illustrating
the diverse
approaches
of
the
Amerkans,
British,
and
R
ussia
ns,
it
analyzes efforts
to comhat
hunger, disease,
and
crime,
preserve
cultural
art
ifacts,
re-estah
lish
industry
and
util
ities,
and
resolve
t
hom),
prol)lems
in
volving
currency,
hOllsing,
education
,
newspapers,
elect
ions,
and
displaced persons.
The
account
shows
the
pitfalls
and
difficulties
in
planning,
orga
nizing,
and
executing
suc
h
a
complex
undertak
ing.
While
this
volume
is
part
of
the
Arm)'
Histori
cal Series,
it
continues
in
effe ct
the
history
hegun in
the
largely
docum en
tary
vol
ume
of
the U.S.
Arm
y
in
World
War
I I
series,
Civil
Affairs:
Soldiers become
Governors,
as
well
as in
the narra-
tive volumes
on
the
European
con
nin
in the
sa
me
series.
Besides
being of
particu-
lar interest
to
that
large
number
of
men
, still surviving,
who participated in
the
events
depicted here,
Dr.
Ziem
ke's
volume
will
constitute
for
the
Arm
y
an
importa nt
soun;e
for lessons
lea
rned in
planning, training,
and organ
ization
for civil affairs and military
government.
For
the
scholar
this
hook
should
provide
a
most
valuahle addition
to the literature
of
the
occu
pat
ion,
and
for
the
general
reader
a
n
enl
ightening
and
interesting
account
of
a
remarkahle
episode
in
the
h
istory
of
the
U
.S.
Army and
of
German
y.
Washington, D.C.
30
Ju
ne 1974
JAMES L.
CO
LLINS, JR
.
Brigadier General,
USA
Chief
of
Military
HislOlY
UI

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