How did the US treat German prisoners after ww2 ?

Not true....

Semper Fidelis,

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You need to re-post this in the History section, as this is not really a military-theme issue.

That said, this is all based on a book published about 15 years ago called "Other Losses". While an interesting read, the book simply does not have any real proof. The author of the book , as well as the guy who wrote your reference base everything on first person accounts and documents that they really can't ever produce.

There is little doubt that Germans taken prisoner after the German surrender were not treated as well as those captured before, and that many died as a result of Allied decisions concerning their treatment .... but you know what .... the 12 million Jews, Gypsies, Gays, Socialists, etc, etc, etc, and the millions of Russian POWs killed by the Germans sort of trump anything I may feel about any German Soldiers.

The cough . . . "Source" you link to shows the author has not engaged in any real research whatsoever.

The picture showing a list of Prisoner of War camps is meaningless, you do know how many German POW there were by the end of the war in 1945?

"On June 4, 1945, a cable signed "Eisenhower" told Washington that it was "urgently necessary to reduce the number of prisoners at earliest opportunity by discharging all classes of prisoners not likely to be required by Allies." - So that equates to an order to kill POW's . . . . . ROFLMAO

that refers to speeding up the process of identifying any potential War Criminals or Members of the Nazi Party, SS, etc..etc.. those who were deemed to be "small fish" were to be released homeward bound.

Also there was a major food shortage in the whole of Europe immediate Post WW", POW got what was available, but first priority was the Occupation Forces were fed, as there existed a very real fear of Insurrection or an attempted to revolt amongst POW Nazi die-hards spurred on by action of "Werewolf" attacks against occupying forces.

The "author" of this fits into the "History Revisionist" category quite well, cherry picking fact and figure items specifically that seem to back up his "theories" he also tried to do the same on his work with regards the Allies treatment of German civilians immediate post war, totally ignoring the true facts: Defeated country with its transport, rail, social infrastructure in ruins as a combination of Allied attack and Hitlers express orders.

Occupation forces had only x amount of supplies which had to be shipped in via very few channel ports that were capable of operation etc..etc.. first priority was feeding themselves, then POW's, then civilians in liberated European countries where possible, Germany just happened to come down near the bottom of that list.

Did German military and civil persons die post war, certainly, but at no greater rate than those civilians in post war Russia, Poland Ukraine, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, etc.. etc..

Research the civilian deaths in immediate post war Holland after the Nazis blew the dykes and there was an exceptionally cold winter.

Also one really has to ask if such a policy ever existed, why later did the Allies get involved in the The Berlin Airlift from June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949.?

If old One Ball Hitler had kept the German military inside Germany's borders, then none of this would have come to pass.

That's absolutely not true, they were treated so well in fact that a lot of them moved to the US after the war.

No. They treated German prisoners of war better than they treated black American soldiers. Back then we actually considered it a matter of pride to treat prisoners well so they'd see our ideals were superior and convert. These days we think we should torture and rape them, like Nazis.

There were no prisoners after WWII.

Terrible! Made them work in my home state digging potatos. Lots of them are still there, still digging.

We sent 'em back. Doh.

Do you know how many potential brave German soldiers I ejaculated to death ... can this be true !?