The Soldiers, the Airmen, and the Germans
The Soldiers, the Airmen, and the Germans
Military Strategies to Improve Relations with the German Population
This chapter analyzes the BAOR's own attempts to adapt to the changing nature of Anglo-German relations between 1948 and 1957. This involves constraints caused by the organizational structure of the British armed services in Germany, the impact of service accommodation on levels of contacts, official attempts by military units to improve relations in local towns, and the experiences of individual officers and ranks. Secondary source material on the official relationship between the British army and the Germans is limited and so far covers only the period immediately following the German surrender in May 1945. Nonetheless, most of the recollections of servicemen in Germany during the 1940s and 1950s tend to focus on army life rather than on the contacts made with the local German population.
Keywords: BAOR, Anglo-German relations, British armed services, local Germans, service accommodation, German surrender
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