Inevitably this caused much friction between wartime Allies and the now occupied German population, a situation made worse by cold, hunger, psychological trauma, and the desperate resistance of remaining Nazi fanatics. This book balances the viewpoints of occupiers and Germans in its analysis of how the 'Third Reich' was defeated and its social system dismantled.This book presents the first major account of how Germany was dealt with at the end of the Second World War by the Allies. Policy lessons learned here have been applied by the Americans in Iraq.