{"id":34893,"date":"2024-04-02T16:24:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=264553"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:11:34","slug":"the-britons-who-rebuilt-postwar-germany","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-britons-who-rebuilt-postwar-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"The Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Cowling describes the challenges facing the British occupiers of a shattered nation from 1945-49 <\/p>

By Spencer Mizen\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2024 at 14:24 PM<\/p>

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Daniel Cowling talks to Spencer Mizen about the British occupation of Germany from 1945\u201349, and describes how the young officials tasked with rebuilding a broken nation navigated acute privation, a traumatised population and scepticism among their compatriots back home to help set Germany on the road to democracy.<\/p>\n