The Start of the Cold War with Giles Milton

In May 1945 Soviet troops had captured Berlin, and they proceeded to loot the city, and carry out the most horrific abuse of German women. American, British and French troops arrived two months later, and found a desperate and starving population. Giles Milton has written a brilliant new book, Checkmate in Berlin, about the German capital in the aftermath of the Second World War. In Part One, we discuss that abuse, de-nazification, the Allies and the Soviets in the city, and Churchill's defining Iron Curtain speech. Timings Soviet and allied behaviour: 2m07s DeNazification 7m0s Soviets and Allies: 11m43s The Iron Curtain Speech: 25m02s Giles Milton Links Book: ⁠Checkmate in Berlin⁠ Map: ⁠The Divided Germany⁠ Map: ⁠West and East Berlin⁠ Film: ⁠Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech⁠ Giles on Twitter ⁠@GilesMilton1⁠ Aspects of History Links Website: ⁠Aspects of History⁠ Me on Twitter: ⁠@olliewcq⁠ You can email us [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices