Logistics Matters and the U.S. Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1949

Nonfiction, History, European General, Americas, United States
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Author: Lee Kruger ISBN: 9783319388366
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: November 23, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Lee Kruger
ISBN: 9783319388366
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: November 23, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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, as the U.S. Army was the only U.S. Government agency possessing the ability and resources to initially support the occupation mission in Germany. The build-up of ‘Little Americas’ during the occupation years stood forward-deployed U.S. military forces in Europe in good stead over the ensuing decades.

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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, as the U.S. Army was the only U.S. Government agency possessing the ability and resources to initially support the occupation mission in Germany. The build-up of ‘Little Americas’ during the occupation years stood forward-deployed U.S. military forces in Europe in good stead over the ensuing decades.

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