Yanks behind the lines: how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I
"In this remarkable history of two American and Belgian organizations that led a food relief program for millions in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France, Jeff Miller tells the inspiring story of one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of World War I, illuminating the desperate lives of...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In this remarkable history of two American and Belgian organizations that led a food relief program for millions in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France, Jeff Miller tells the inspiring story of one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of World War I, illuminating the desperate lives of civilians during the war"-- |
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Contents Authors Note and Acknowledgments xv Reader Aids CRB Statistical Overview Map of German-OccupiedBelgium and Northern France during WWI Primary Groups and People in the Book The Relief Organizations The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) The Comité National de Secours et d’Alimentation (CN) The Comité d’Alimentation du Nord de la France (CF) The Comité Hispano-Hollandais The Americans Officials CRB Delegates The Belgians The British The Germans xix xx xxi xxii xxii xxii xxii xxii xxii xxiii xxiii xxiii xxiv xxv xxv Preface xxvii 1 1914, Setting the Stage 1 Battle Lines Forge the Western Front German Occupation Begins Belgian Efforts to Begin Food Relief Herbert Hoover Tackles Belgium Relief The Birth of the CRB and the CN English Demand Creates the CRB Delegates xi 1 3 5 7 13 15
Contents xii 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 First Challenges, First Steps 17 The CRB, the US Government, and Neutrality Master Manipulator of the Press British Opposition behind Closed Doors Securing Long-Term Financing Showdown with Britain’s Lloyd George Ships and the Blockades 18 20 21 23 25 28 Hoover and Other Relief Efforts 31 Two Major Competitors Maneuvering to Take Charge Francqui Provides the Key 32 35 38 Rotterdam: The Transshipping Hub 41 The CRB Comes to Rotterdam The First Shipment Arrives An Extensive Waterway System Early Success Continues 42 44 45 48 Life in German-Occupied Belgium 49 Political, Linguistic, and Religious Differences The Belgium-Dutch Border Evolves Dangerously German Occupation Has Differing Impacts Urban Life under the Germans Normalcy Slips Away 50 52 55 58 64 The CRB Delegates 65 First Entry into Belgium The Initial Work Getting Things Done Delegate Responsibilities Evolve Harassment by German Sentries Finding Good Recruits Women in the CRB and the Relief Efforts Lifetimes of Public Service 66 67 70 73 75 77 79 81 The Mechanics of Relief 83 Transporting Wheat into Belgium Distributing the Food The CRB Difference 83 87 91 The Belgian Side of Food Relief 93 CN Operations Come Together Quickly The German Position on Relief 93 97
Contents xiii Clothes, an Important Part of Relief Belgian Efficiency at Its Best Belgian Lace Making Is Revitalized Private Citizen Efforts 98 101 102 104 Food Relief in Northern France 109 Hoover Tackles a New Region CRB Delegates Enter the Picture No Job for the Faint of Heart The German “Nurses” Get a Name Change Simpson Beats the Odds A Creative Workaround 109 114 116 117 119 122 Pressures from V n Bissing 125 The US Flag Becomes an Issue Delegates and Freedom at Stake A Turning Point Forces Action Von Bissing Takes on the CN 126 128 130 133 11 Internal Strife and Battle for Control 135 9 10 12 13 The Role of the Delegates Francqui Takes on the Inspection and Control Department Hoover and Francqui’s Clandestine Showdown 135 138 142 Critical Crop Negotiations 145 Belgium’s 1915 and 1916 Harvests The 1916 Northern France Negotiations Hoover Fights for the Life of the CRB 145 147 149 Accusations: Hoover as Traitor, Delegates as Spies An Old Friend Turns Foe Hoover Heads to Washington, D.C. Charges of Espionage 14 15 155 155 158 160 A Breaking Point 165 “Various Embarrassments” Become “Wholly Intolerable” The Threat of Resignation Works 165 170 The German Deportations 171 The Unemployed as the Starting Point The First Attempt at Mass Deportation The “Slave Raids” Begin A Deadly Ethical Dilemma A Belgian Moral Voice Rises Again Deportees Return Barely Alive 171 173 177 180 181 184
xiv 16 17 Contents The Human Toll 187 ‘‘Slowly Bleeding to Death” The Emotional Toll on the Delegates One Delegates Solitary Journey 187 190 193 The Last Days of Americans in Belgium 199 Unrestricted U-Boat Warfare Resumes Confhsion in Belgium The Zimmermann Telegram Final Farewells 201 204 205 207 Epilogue Americas Entry into the War Food Relief Continues The Situation in Belgium and Northern France The Flemish-French Issue CRB Clothing and the Belgian Lace Industry Herbert C. Hoover 213 213 215 217 220 220 221 Notes 225 Sources 247 Index 253 About the Author 265 |
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Contents Authors Note and Acknowledgments xv Reader Aids CRB Statistical Overview Map of German-OccupiedBelgium and Northern France during WWI Primary Groups and People in the Book The Relief Organizations The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) The Comité National de Secours et d’Alimentation (CN) The Comité d’Alimentation du Nord de la France (CF) The Comité Hispano-Hollandais The Americans Officials CRB Delegates The Belgians The British The Germans xix xx xxi xxii xxii xxii xxii xxii xxii xxiii xxiii xxiii xxiv xxv xxv Preface xxvii 1 1914, Setting the Stage 1 Battle Lines Forge the Western Front German Occupation Begins Belgian Efforts to Begin Food Relief Herbert Hoover Tackles Belgium Relief The Birth of the CRB and the CN English Demand Creates the CRB Delegates xi 1 3 5 7 13 15
Contents xii 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 First Challenges, First Steps 17 The CRB, the US Government, and Neutrality Master Manipulator of the Press British Opposition behind Closed Doors Securing Long-Term Financing Showdown with Britain’s Lloyd George Ships and the Blockades 18 20 21 23 25 28 Hoover and Other Relief Efforts 31 Two Major Competitors Maneuvering to Take Charge Francqui Provides the Key 32 35 38 Rotterdam: The Transshipping Hub 41 The CRB Comes to Rotterdam The First Shipment Arrives An Extensive Waterway System Early Success Continues 42 44 45 48 Life in German-Occupied Belgium 49 Political, Linguistic, and Religious Differences The Belgium-Dutch Border Evolves Dangerously German Occupation Has Differing Impacts Urban Life under the Germans Normalcy Slips Away 50 52 55 58 64 The CRB Delegates 65 First Entry into Belgium The Initial Work Getting Things Done Delegate Responsibilities Evolve Harassment by German Sentries Finding Good Recruits Women in the CRB and the Relief Efforts Lifetimes of Public Service 66 67 70 73 75 77 79 81 The Mechanics of Relief 83 Transporting Wheat into Belgium Distributing the Food The CRB Difference 83 87 91 The Belgian Side of Food Relief 93 CN Operations Come Together Quickly The German Position on Relief 93 97
Contents xiii Clothes, an Important Part of Relief Belgian Efficiency at Its Best Belgian Lace Making Is Revitalized Private Citizen Efforts 98 101 102 104 Food Relief in Northern France 109 Hoover Tackles a New Region CRB Delegates Enter the Picture No Job for the Faint of Heart The German “Nurses” Get a Name Change Simpson Beats the Odds A Creative Workaround 109 114 116 117 119 122 Pressures from V n Bissing 125 The US Flag Becomes an Issue Delegates and Freedom at Stake A Turning Point Forces Action Von Bissing Takes on the CN 126 128 130 133 11 Internal Strife and Battle for Control 135 9 10 12 13 The Role of the Delegates Francqui Takes on the Inspection and Control Department Hoover and Francqui’s Clandestine Showdown 135 138 142 Critical Crop Negotiations 145 Belgium’s 1915 and 1916 Harvests The 1916 Northern France Negotiations Hoover Fights for the Life of the CRB 145 147 149 Accusations: Hoover as Traitor, Delegates as Spies An Old Friend Turns Foe Hoover Heads to Washington, D.C. Charges of Espionage 14 15 155 155 158 160 A Breaking Point 165 “Various Embarrassments” Become “Wholly Intolerable” The Threat of Resignation Works 165 170 The German Deportations 171 The Unemployed as the Starting Point The First Attempt at Mass Deportation The “Slave Raids” Begin A Deadly Ethical Dilemma A Belgian Moral Voice Rises Again Deportees Return Barely Alive 171 173 177 180 181 184
xiv 16 17 Contents The Human Toll 187 ‘‘Slowly Bleeding to Death” The Emotional Toll on the Delegates One Delegates Solitary Journey 187 190 193 The Last Days of Americans in Belgium 199 Unrestricted U-Boat Warfare Resumes Confhsion in Belgium The Zimmermann Telegram Final Farewells 201 204 205 207 Epilogue Americas Entry into the War Food Relief Continues The Situation in Belgium and Northern France The Flemish-French Issue CRB Clothing and the Belgian Lace Industry Herbert C. Hoover 213 213 215 217 220 220 221 Notes 225 Sources 247 Index 253 About the Author 265 |
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| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T15:51:50Z |
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| spelling | Miller, Jeff 1952- Verfasser (DE-588)1067431705 aut Yanks behind the lines how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I Jeffrey B. Miller Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. [2020] xxix, 265 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 1914, setting the stage -- First challenges, first steps -- Hoover and other relief efforts -- Rotterdam : the transshipping hub -- Life in German-occupied Belgium -- The CRB delegates -- The mechanics of relief -- The Belgian side of food relief -- Food relief in Northern France -- Pressures from von Bissing -- Internal strife and battle for control -- Critical crop negotiations -- Accusations : Hoover as traitor, delegates as spies -- A breaking point -- The German deportations -- The human toll -- The last days of Americans in Belgium -- Epilogue "In this remarkable history of two American and Belgian organizations that led a food relief program for millions in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France, Jeff Miller tells the inspiring story of one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of World War I, illuminating the desperate lives of civilians during the war"-- Kommission für das Belgische Hilfswerk (DE-588)5004777-2 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1914-1917 gnd rswk-swf Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 gnd rswk-swf Nahrungsmittelhilfe (DE-588)4123819-9 gnd rswk-swf Lebensmittelversorgung (DE-588)4034917-2 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Belgien (DE-588)4005406-8 gnd rswk-swf Frankreich Nord (DE-588)4110086-4 gnd rswk-swf World War, 1914-1918 / Civilian relief / Belgium Commission for Relief in Belgium World War, 1914-1918 / Food supply / Belgium World War, 1914-1918 / Food supply / France, Northern World War, 1914-1918 / Civilian relief / France, Northern Belgium / History / German occupation, 1914-1918 Civilian war relief Food supply Belgium Northern France 1914-1918 History Kommission für das Belgische Hilfswerk (DE-588)5004777-2 b Belgien (DE-588)4005406-8 g Frankreich Nord (DE-588)4110086-4 g USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Nahrungsmittelhilfe (DE-588)4123819-9 s Lebensmittelversorgung (DE-588)4034917-2 s Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 s Geschichte 1914-1917 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-5381-4165-6 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032395150&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Miller, Jeff 1952- Yanks behind the lines how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I 1914, setting the stage -- First challenges, first steps -- Hoover and other relief efforts -- Rotterdam : the transshipping hub -- Life in German-occupied Belgium -- The CRB delegates -- The mechanics of relief -- The Belgian side of food relief -- Food relief in Northern France -- Pressures from von Bissing -- Internal strife and battle for control -- Critical crop negotiations -- Accusations : Hoover as traitor, delegates as spies -- A breaking point -- The German deportations -- The human toll -- The last days of Americans in Belgium -- Epilogue Kommission für das Belgische Hilfswerk (DE-588)5004777-2 gnd Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 gnd Nahrungsmittelhilfe (DE-588)4123819-9 gnd Lebensmittelversorgung (DE-588)4034917-2 gnd |
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| title | Yanks behind the lines how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I |
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| title_full | Yanks behind the lines how the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions from starvation during World War I Jeffrey B. Miller |
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