Editing Surplus store (section)

==== Germany ====
In [[Allied-occupied Germany]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] initially confiscated the stock and materials of the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'', including 500,000 tonnes of stock and over 150,000 tonnes of scrap. In 1948 a government agency, the ''Staatliche Erfassungsgesellschaft für öffentliches Gut'' ("State Collecting Company for Public Good", StEG), was formed to manage the sale of these items. In reference to the name of this agency, the army surplus was called ''Stegware'', and their stores were nicknamed "''Steg shops''". Goods sold by these stores included new and used clothing, camping equipment, and tools; early on, vehicles and heavier equipment were also sold. In the early 1950s the U.S. military began to add their own surplus from the war. The joint surplus was sold across Germany until the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-31969891.html|title=STEG-LIQUIDATION / HANDEL: Es blieb etwas hängen|date=1955-04-13|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=2017-10-25|volume=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlgyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58&dq=stegware#q=stegware|title=Wellenkrieg: Agentenfunk und Funkaufklärung des Bundesnachrichtendienstes 1945-1968|last=Müller|first=Armin|date=2017-08-21|publisher=Ch. Links Verlag|isbn=9783862844036|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txjVAAAAMAAJ&q=STEG+shops&dq=STEG+shops|title=One Million Tons of War Material for Peace: The History of STEG.|last=Magnus|first=Kurt|date=1954|publisher=R. Pflaum|language=en}}</ref>