I just completed reading, "After the Reich" by Giles MacDonogh. From pages 1 through five-forty six, I learned much. Much more than I thought I knew about the Allied occupation of Germany after World War Two.

I learned that conquers' can sometimes be just as cruel as those conquered.

The Allies did a service to the world by destroying Hitler and his armies. They fought together with a common cause, and mostly a common goal: this all unraveled after victory over the Third Reich.



To deny that during or after any war there have not been murders, torture, rapes, theft and enslavement one would have to be either totally naïve or never been beyond the borders of their own small world. I served in the military, and while I was fortunate enough to have not been a witness to these barbaric acts I knew in the back of my mind that some soldiers, wearing the American uniform, were doing just that. However, I am appalled and ashamed of how some Americans and many other Allies participated in terrible acts of violence and subjugation to the defeated of World War Two.



"After the Reich" is a great read. When you are done please take time to compare how much more thought and care was put into the occupation and help to get the Japanese back on their feet after World War Two. Why? Because we didn't have so many world powers involved in it.



Rick Huffman

Author of, Dreams In Blue: The Real Police.

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