Historians talked about the training of personnel for the military administration of the USSR and the USA in Germany 
In June 1945, the territory of Germany was divided into Soviet, British, American and French zones of occupation. The differences between the Soviet and American authorities in post-war Germany were revealed by the authors of the book “The Little USSR” and its inhabitants. Essays on the social history of the Soviet occupation community in Germany. 1945-1949 “. Candidate of Historical Sciences, independent researcher Vladimir Kozlov and historian, journalist Marina Kozlova spoke about the training of personnel from the USSR and the United States in an interview with Lente.ru.
Marina Kozlova noted the difficulties faced by employees of the Soviet military administration in occupied Germany (SVAG). “All these people have found themselves in an extremely difficult life situation. In fact, they were ordered in a very Soviet way: the goals are clear, the tasks are defined – carry it out, comrades! And the comrades, especially in the military commandant's offices, were at first in some confusion. How to manage something? We have never worked as “occupiers”, no one taught us this, ”she explained.
Vladimir Kozlov stressed that American and British specialists had been trained to work in Germany since 1943. This is due to the absence of the hardships of the German occupation, which they endured in the USSR. The Red Army, which fought on its own land and prepared large-scale operations in Eastern Europe, did not have the opportunity to train such specialists.
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