Series: Instructions for Servicemen

Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany, 1944 provides a fascinating glimpse into the mindsets and attitudes of British troops preparing to enter a post-D-Day Germany. Nine-and-a-half months after D-Day, 30,000 British troops crossed the Rhine as part of the Allied assault on Germany. Two years earlier, work had already begun on a guide aimed at helping soldiers navigate everyday life...

In 1942, the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the British, their country, and their ways. The guide was intended to lessen the culture shock for those embarking on their first trip to Great Britain, and for most, their first journey abroad. The instructions are a wonderful interpretation of the...