From the July 29, 2012, Seattle Times, "Nothing Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War" a book review by John B. Saul of the book by R.M. Douglas.
This removal of Germans from occupied countries after the war is something I'd never heard of before. This is the account of the Allied policies about ethnic Germans who were expelled from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and other European countries after the war. It is estimated that between 12-14 million Germans, mostly women, children and old people were moved. Often this occurred in open train cars and often without adequate food or clothing.
Again, Something I Had Never Heard Of Before. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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