Cheers and tears: relations between Canadian soldiers and German civilians, 1944-46.

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dc.contributor.authorGordon, Hugh Avi
dc.contributor.supervisorZimmerman, David
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T18:47:35Z
dc.date.available2011-01-04T18:47:35Z
dc.date.copyright2010en
dc.date.issued2011-01-04T18:47:35Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines relations between Canadian soldiers and German civilians from March 1945 to April 1946. This study will show that Canadian relations with German civilians were, in part, an extension of relations with civilians in liberated countries, but were also something new altogether. At the beginning of the invasion of Germany, most Canadian soldiers did not wish to associate with Germans and followed a fraternization ban that had been put into effect. Canadians were more likely than American soldiers to believe in the ban. Soldiers were fed a propaganda campaign that told them all Germans were evil and needed to be punished for starting the war. As the invasion proceeded further into Germany, more Canadians realized that all Germans were not Nazis and began to fraternize with the ban still in place. In the Netherlands, where Canadians have been remembered as liberators, relations at times were also tense and bitter after the war ended. Canadians also had to deal with large number of Displaced Persons (DPs), who caused more headaches than German civilians for the occupation authorities.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3180
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectCanadian Armyen
dc.subjectSecond World Waren
dc.subjectCanada military historyen
dc.subjectMilitary historyen
dc.subjectOccupation of Germanyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Europe--Historyen
dc.titleCheers and tears: relations between Canadian soldiers and German civilians, 1944-46.en
dc.typeThesisen

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