Open AccessAnalysis of the Oder–Neisse line status in British and American historiography (1945–1990)
Author(s) -
Iryna Kaviaka
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
echa przeszłości
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2450-078X
pISSN - 1509-9873
DOI - 10.31648/ep.4843
Subject(s) - german , historiography , world war ii , history , first world war , political science , economic history , law , ancient history , archaeology
The article analyzes British and American historical records dealing with the Polish-German border after World War II. The establishment of the Polish-German border along the Oder-Neisse line was one of the most widely debated topics in Germany’s post-war history. The article reviews the opinions of British and American historians. It analyzes different periods in the development of both histographies relating to the Polish western border, and discusses the main and key factors that had led to the evolution of the definition of the Oder-Neisse line as the Polish-German border.