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Logistics Matters and the U.S. Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1949
Lee Kruger
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Description for Logistics Matters and the U.S. Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1949
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 560.
This book examines the U. S. Army’s presence in Germany after the Nazi regime’s capitulation in May 1945. This presence required the pursuit of two stated missions: to secure German borders, and to establish an occupation government within the assigned U.S. zone and sector of Berlin. Both missions required logistics support, a critical aspect often understated in existing scholarship. The security mission, covered by the combat troops, declined between 1945 and 1948, but grew again with the Berlin Blockade/Airlift in 1948, and then again with the Korean crisis in 1950. The logistics mission grew exponentially to support this security mission, ... Read more
This book examines the U. S. Army’s presence in Germany after the Nazi regime’s capitulation in May 1945. This presence required the pursuit of two stated missions: to secure German borders, and to establish an occupation government within the assigned U.S. zone and sector of Berlin. Both missions required logistics support, a critical aspect often understated in existing scholarship. The security mission, covered by the combat troops, declined between 1945 and 1948, but grew again with the Berlin Blockade/Airlift in 1948, and then again with the Korean crisis in 1950. The logistics mission grew exponentially to support this security mission, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319388359
SKU
V9783319388359
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About Lee Kruger
Lee Kruger returned to academia after retiring from the US Army following over thirty years of military service, with almost twenty of those years in Europe (primarily Germany), having served as a Foreign Area Officer and logistician.
Reviews for Logistics Matters and the U.S. Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1949
“Kruger has written a very welcome study on a topic that was of enormous importance in early post-war German and European history. ... Kruger’s book is a welcome addition to the still growing body of literature on the Allied occupation of Germany; as such it is essential reading to those studying this fascinating period in European history.” (Martijn Lak, European ... Read more