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Revisiting Allied Wartime Preparations for the Occupation of Germany

By the late summer of 1944, Allied victory in Europe was increasingly assured and, inevitably, thoughts gradually turned to the peace. For many of those fighting on the front lines there was an understandable eagerness to get home. Yet for... Read more →

Dr Daniel Cowling

Published 23rd October, 2026

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A black and white image of POWs at a re-education camp.

Licensed to access Building a New Germany: Denazification and Political Re-education, 1944–1948

1944 1948

A barbed wire fence in the foreground, running parallel to a watch tower

Licensed to access Prosecuting the Holocaust: British Investigations into Nazi Crimes, 1944–1949

1944 1949

A photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie speaking at the League of Nations in 1936.

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Licensed to access International Organisations, 1923–1969: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

1923 1969

A photograph of Benito Mussolini saluting to a crowd from the Palazzo Venezie.

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Licensed to access Italy 1832–1969: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

1832 1969

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