Product Description

For Germany, the end of World War II occurred officially on 8th May 1945; but the end of suffering did not. Using recently released documents from the USA and detailed research in the Moscow archives, the author shows how millions of Germans died unnecessarily - from starvation, disease and forced homelessness. The Red Army in the east took revenge for the crimes of the Nazis, as did the French and Americans in the west. The governments responsible have never acknowledged any mass deaths. Bacque argues that the Allies came not as liberators and rescuers, but as judges and avengers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #433440 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Julian Barnes on OTHER LOSSES
* "A brave book which ferrets out one of the war's least welcome secrets"

About the Author
Canadian historian James Bacque's international bestseller OTHER LOSSES broke a 40-year-old taboo in 1989 by revealing the atrocious conditions of POW camps administered by the Western Allies. His researches triggered an international historical dispute.

Customer Reviews

this great book made me sick to my stomach
Every once in a while, reading a book profoundly changes the way you look at the world. This is one of those books. I was educated with the idea that the Allies were noble and just in their policy and behavior after WW2. This well researched and written book opened a whole new paradigm for me, where ALL nations can be shown to act cruelly to fellow man. I can't decide what is more disconcerting, the fact that these crimes against humanity happened, or that they are so rarely talked about. Especially interesting was Gen. Eisenhower's quote in response to finding out that a majority of the urban German women and children would starve in the winter of 1946, while food lay rotting in Rotterdam. "Let the Germans suffer." The book is also nicely counterweighted by the actions of Herbert Hoover whose actions saved over 80 million starving civilians, regardless of nationality. Thanks to James Bacque I cannot imagine holding another public figure in higher esteem. I will be sure to keep this book in mind in every discussion on European history I will ever have in my life.

the winner writes it all
Victor's justice triumphs again. Mr. Bacque reveals the true nature of the leaders of the `free world', in their vicious and pointless persecution of the German civilian population after the second world war. A book that embarrasses our so-called leaders at every turn, backed-up by evidence at every step. Ouch.

Amazing revelations about Allied war crimes - a must read!
Bacque's book is an amazing revelation of some of the worst crimes ever committed in this century - the fact that they were covered up for so long only makes it worse. After reading this book you will ask yourself who the 'good guys' really were. The truth is that there were no good guys - only amoral manipulators and criminals - on both sides. This is the book the establishment does not want you to read - and with good reason! It tells of deliberate allied policy to 'reduce' the German population after the war by mass starvation. Well, they succeeded, by 5.7 million to be precise - this in addition to the 1.1 million starved prisoners of war, 2.5 - 3 million murdered ethnic German refugees from Eastern Europe and tens of thousands of civilian forced labourers killed from maltreatement in France. Bacque's other excellent book - "Other Losses" gives more information about this hidden Holocaust. Order this book now and forget the lies your history teacher told you - remember that history is only the version as told by the winners.