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To: Brumar89 who wrote (117229)	10/21/2003 5:51:21 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Brumar89; Re: "They'd have to use a lot of imagination to say [the occupation was running well] in '46, I think. Things were horrible there right after the war." Here's the official US military history of the German occupation: army.mil The above link proves that while Germany was pretty well broken up by the war, and there was some guerilla activity against US troops before the end of the war, the German postwar occupation did NOT include violence against US troops. ... The army-type occupation was comprehensive and showed the Germans that they were defeated and their country occupied. This type of occupation was presumably capable of squelching incipient resistance since none was evident. On the other hand, it employed a much larger number of troops than would be available for the permanent occupation and did so at considerable cost in combat potential and discipline. ... army.mil For three more references to the peacefulness of the German occupation, see: #reply-19167882 I've provided an official US military document from the German occupation which shows that the occupation of Germany was peaceful. The book was written by a US military officer. All you've provided is an article written by a novelist who hated everything from apple pie to motherhood. The funny part of all this is that before Bush's war the neocons were arguing that the occupation would be bloodless, just like the German and Japanese occupations. Now that it's turned into a nightmare, they're arguing that the German and Japanese occupations were nightmares too. -- Carl