Expelling the Germans: British Opinion and Post-1945 Population Transfer in Context

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Abbreviations Introduction 1. Frankfurt-on-Wye/Monmouth an der Oder: Population transfer before the Second World War 2. 'Not a Difference of Principle, but a Difference of Emphasis': Wartime studies on population transfer, 1940-45 3. From Prague to Potsdam: Expulsions from Czechoslovakia and Poland, May-July 1945 4. 'In Germany Now': The German Refugee Crisis, July-October 1945 5. 'A Thankless Task': Official responses to the expulsions, August-December 1945 6. Crisis! What Crisis?: German refugee rumours and scares, October 1945-January 1946 7. 'Useless Mouths': Transfer of the Germans from Czechoslovakia and Poland, 1946-47 Conclusion Bibliography Index