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This talk from historian Dr Daniel Cowling explores the significance of Britain’s military occupation of Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, and its major bearing upon the course of the early Cold War.
In 1945, British troops occupied Germany alongside their wartime Soviet allies. But growing East-West tensions soon evolved into the Cold War. For the next four decades, soldiers in Germany prepared to face an attack by the Warsaw Pact.
In 1950, the Cold War heated up significantly with the outbreak of conflict in Korea. This three-year struggle left millions dead, and its legacy remains of huge global consequence today.
