World War II was waged on an unprecedented scale, and the peace which followed was equally unprecedented. The Allies made their goal the complete destruction of the German Wehrmacht and the German Military Tradition. In November and December of 1944, the US Army hosted the Disarmament School, a series of lectures by experts in the field of demilitarization planning. Based in London, these lectures familiarized US staff officers with the history of planning for the disarmament, demobilization, and final disposal of the Wehrmacht, as well as the current state of those plans. By accessing the...
World War II was waged on an unprecedented scale, and the peace which followed was equally unprecedented. The Allies made their goal the complete dest...
