Left Rhine bank after 6,5Y British occupation

13-01-2026

Knowledge of Belgian-French occupations of Western Germany seems to be widespread. Particularly, because this "inversed Alsace-Lorraine" history covered both sides of the Rhine. In order to understand Germany's manifold grievances, the British occupation should be taken a close look at. It lasted longer than the world war.

Source: Benedikt Neuwöhner. Britannia rules the Rhine. Die britische Rheinlandbesatzung 1918–1926, Brill Schöningh, 2023.