St. Moritz 🇨🇭 hosted the first postwar Winter Olympics in 1948. Germany & Japan weren’t invited because they were both still occupied & considered not sovereign - but Austria (also divided & occupied) competed
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
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Sporting Relations: Diplomacy, Small States, and Germany’s Post-war Return to International Sport
Germany’s post-war return to international sport was not uniform across all federations. The nature of each sport—summer versus winter, team versus individual—influenced the speed with which each i...
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