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British Forces in Germany: A Transnational History of Soldiers, Families, and German Communities, 1945–2019 book cover

1st Edition

British Forces in Germany A Transnational History of Soldiers, Families, and German Communities, 1945–2019

By Bettina Blum Copyright 2027
276 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From the end of World War II in 1945 until the drawdown in 2019, about two million British military personnel and their families were stationed in northwestern Germany. This book explores the social, cultural and political impact of this presence on both the military and the host communities. Considering the British occupation and subsequent stationing of troops as an entangled experience, this... Read more

Introduction

1. Frameworks of Power: Negotiating and Transforming Official Contact

2. Occupied Neighbourhoods: Power Dynamics in Domestic Spaces

3. The ‘British Bubble’: Military Communities in Transnational Spaces

4. Unofficial Intermediaries: Love Across Borders

5. Transnational Labour Dynamics: Work as a Contact Zone

6. Encounters in Daily Life: Cultural Contact Zones and Informal Interactions

7. Managing Conflict: Legal Relations, Conflicts, and Cooperation

8. Navigating War and Peace: Exercises and War Deployments

9. Performing Belonging: Linguistic, Symbolic, and Cultural Displays

10. Transforming Military Presence: Drawdown, Legacies, and Post-Military Transitions

Conclusion

Biography

Bettina Blum leads the DFG-funded project 'British Forces in Germany: The British Occupation and the Stationing of Troops in a Transnational Perspective’ at Paderborn University, Germany, having previously curated exhibitions on this topic. Her further research interests include the Allied occupations of Germany and Japan, public history, gender history and police history. She received her PhD at Münster University, Germany, on Women Police in East and West Germany.

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