Liberation: the bitter road to freedom, Europe 1944-1945
by Hitchcock, William I; Hitchcock, William I.
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BookPublisher: Faber 2009ISBN: 9780571227723; 0571227724.Classification number: 940.5312 HITSubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- EuropeSubject: The traditional image of Europe in 1945 is of grateful civilians showering soldiers with flowers. In reality, liberation was a violent and chaotic process. Using first-hand accounts, this text shows that the motives and behaviour of the Allied forces were far from noble - they frequently abused power, looting homes and sexually assaulting women.
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| 940.5311 BAK Human smoke: the beginnings of World War II, the end of civilization | 940.5311 FAB Munich: the 1938 appeasement crisis | 940.5311 OVE 1939: countdown to war | 940.5312 HIT Liberation: the bitter road to freedom, Europe 1944-1945 | 940.5314 LOW The fear and the freedom : how the Second World War changed us / | 940.5314 PRE Eight days at Yalta : | 940.5314 STO Cruel crossing: escaping Hitler across the Pyrenees |
Includes bibliographical references and index
The traditional image of Europe in 1945 is of grateful civilians showering soldiers with flowers. In reality, liberation was a violent and chaotic process. Using first-hand accounts, this text shows that the motives and behaviour of the Allied forces were far from noble - they frequently abused power, looting homes and sexually assaulting women.
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