Reddit reviews Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

they were starving to death because there was no food, no water, no buildings, and no society.

https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Continent-Europe-Aftermath-World/dp/125003356X

you would be interested in reading 'savage continent' is you haven't already.

in it, the author describes how the savagery of ww2 continued for around a decade after the official end of the war: attacks continued, villages were decimated, terroristic vengeance exacted, virulent anti-semitism arose and genocide continued, along with ethnic cleansing. amid the devastation of infrastructure, collapsed economies, and the compromised or completely absent police, media, transport facilities, the marshall plan contributed immensely to whatever fragile stability there was.

the history in that book is the one of the clearest arguments, clearest reason, to never ever ever engage in warfare. it is an utterly chilling book.

before you go, try to read 'Savage Continent' by Keith Lowe

i guess i would recommend it to anyone, but if you're travelling particularly to Germany, I would think it would be especially enlightening. It's probably available at any decent-sized public library. It describes how, after the end of the war, some concentration camps were re-opened and a virulent anti-semitism re-arose, among other things. I always think it's really enlightening to know the history you're walking through when you travel, and this is a history no one seems to truly know about.

from an editorial review:
>The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed, and more than thirty million people had been killed in the war. The institutions that we now take for granted—such as police, media, transport, and local and national government—were either entirely absent or compromised. Crime rates soared, economies collapsed, and whole populations hovered on the brink of starvation.. In Savage Continent, Keith Lowe describes a continent where individual Germans and collaborators were rounded up and summarily executed, where concentration camps were reopened, and violent anti-Semitism was reborn. In some of the monstrous acts of ethnic cleansing the world has ever seen, tens of millions were expelled from their ancestral homelands. Savage Continent is the story of post–war Europe, from the close of the war right to the establishment of an uneasy stability at the end of the 1940s. Based principally on primary sources from a dozen countries, Savage Continent is the chronicle of a world gone mad, the standard history of post–World War II Europe for years to come

This issue is covered in the excellent book Savage Continent by Keith Lowe.

https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Continent-Europe-Aftermath-World/dp/125003356X

um, yeah, people did do exactly that.

read: Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of WWII by Keith Lowe.

if you haven't read it, you're really not in a position to comment.

https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Continent-Europe-Aftermath-World/dp/125003356X

>n Savage Continent, Keith Lowe describes a continent where individual Germans and collaborators were rounded up and summarily executed, where concentration camps were reopened, and violent anti-Semitism was reborn. In some of the monstrous acts of ethnic cleansing the world has ever seen, tens of millions were expelled from their ancestral homelands. Savage Continent is the story of post–war Europe, from the close of the war right to the establishment of an uneasy stability at the end of the 1940s. Based principally on primary sources from a dozen countries, Savage Continent is the chronicle of a world gone mad, the standard history of post–World War II Europe for years to come.

I'm sure there was. I remember reading of an exchange between Churchill and one of his advisors after Yalta once it sank in that Stalin would control Eastern Europe after the war. Apparently Churchill simply asked his advisor "do you plan to live here after the war?" Answer: "No." Churchill: "Me neither..." Everyone was tired of war. The book Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II deals with the horrors of life in Europe in the decade following the end of the war. Too sad... No wonder so many desperately tried to go somewhere else like Canada or Australia. Nevil Shute's book The Far Country is about two of those.

Russian atrocities to their own people were horrific, particularly throughout the war. They also exterminated Jews and blamed Germans (1). Allie bombing purposely targeted civilians (2), and after the war Allie behavior was ghastly, enslaved millions, and starved tens of millions (3). I don't think comparing atrocities is a good idea. I do think that the Germans and Japanese were far more horrific and purposeful in their carnage though. (Also I don't think we disagree here, really :)

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
2: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Curtis_LeMay
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1413598/Germans-call-Churchill-a-war-criminal.html
3: http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Continent-Europe-Aftermath-World/dp/125003356X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452280371&sr=8-1&keywords=savage+continent

	

	

	

> # Percentage of Europeans Who Are Willing To Fight A War For Their Country
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> [Percentage of Europeans Who Are Willing To Fight A War For Their Country](http://brilliantmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/fight-for-Europe.png)
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> _Map created by reddit user Spartharios_The map above shows the percentage of residents in various European countries who are willing to fight and go to war for their country.
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> Full results below:
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> From high to low, these are the percentages by country:
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> - 74% – Finland
> - 73% – Turkey
> - 62% – Ukraine
> - 59% – Russia
> - 58% – Kosovo
> - 55% – Bosnia and Herzegovina
> - 55% – Sweden
> - 54% – Greece
> - 47% – Poland
> - 46% – Serbia
> - 41% – Latvia
> - 39% – Switzerland
> - 38% – Ireland
> - 38% – Macedonia
> - 38% – Romania
> - 37% – Denmark
> - 29% – France
> - 28% – Portugal
> - 27% – United Kingdom
> - 26% – Iceland
> - 25% – Bulgaria
> - 23% – Czech Republic
> - 21% – Austria
> - 21% – Spain
> - 20% – Italy
> - 19% – Belgium
> - 18% – Germany
> - 15% – The Netherlands
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> The results are from a 2015 WIN/Gallup International global survey. The sample size and methodology was as follows:
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> > A total of 62,398 persons were interviewed globally. In each country a representative sample of around 1000 men and women was interviewed either face to face (30 countries; n=32258), via telephone (12 countries; n=9784) or online (22 countries; n=20356). Details are attached. The field work was conducted during September 2014 – December 2014. The margin of error for the survey is between 2.14 and 4.45 +3-5% at 95% confidence level.
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> Europe is the continent with the fewest people willing to fight a war for their country. Globally, an average of 61% of respondents in 64 countries said they would. Morocco (94%), Fiji (94%), Pakistan (89%), Vietnam (89%) and Bangladesh (86%) had the highest percentage willing to fight.
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> The country with the fewest people willing to go to war was Japan, with just 11% of respondents saying they would fight.
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> Since World War Two, Europe has been relatively peaceful with major exceptions of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s and various political suppressions during the Cold War. However, the 19th century was also a relatively peaceful time for Europe that ended with the start of World War I.
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> For more on European wars and conflict have a look at the following books:
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> - War in European History
> - The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
> - Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
> - Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
> - Europe: A History
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I am not sure where you are getting this information from. The only book I have read on this specific subject is Savage Continent and any "atrocity" committed by the western allies obviously pales in comparison to what the nazis did.

There are many including Savage Continent Europe and After the Reich. There are many many books written on the subject. Google book post ww2.

Highly educated opinions in that post. real edifying stuff.

Clearly the steady diet of racism and tabloid newspapers is rotting your "communist" brain. The post WW2 era refers to the first decade after the war. Take a step back from FOX news and look at one of these papery things commonly known as a book.

https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Continent-Europe-Aftermath-World/dp/125003356X

https://www.amazon.com/After-Reich-Brutal-History-Occupation/dp/0465003389