Allies on the Rhine, 1945-1950

by Elena Skrjabina

Overview

In The Allies on the Rhine Skrjabina describes the coming of the Allies to the Rhineland, the occupation, and the first clear signs of the recovery of war-shattered Germany. She describes what occurred and how it was interpreted at the time by a keen observer who had lived under Soviet, Nazi, American, and French rule. She describes the first chaotic days of the occupation when instead of the calm and peace expected as a remit of the American advance, there was fearful chaos. She shows clearly that as the main allied forces moved on there was no real law and order and that she and the frightened populace were often terrorized by marauding youthful former work camp inmates over whom there was no effective control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809309399
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/15/1980
Series:	The Soviet Union at War Ser.
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

In 1950Elena Skrjabina came to the United States. She earned her doctorate in French and Comparative Literature from Syracuse University, and since 1960 has been Professor of Russian at the University of Iowa.

Norman Luxen­burg is Professor of Russian at the Uni­versity of Iowa.

Table of Contents

1: Names of People Appearing in Diary; 2: Names of Places Appearing in Diary; 3: The Diary, 1945–1950