They all seem to fear men coming home with German wives and not wanting American girls anymore. Did that happen a lot back then or was it just fear?
Herbisher_Berbisher on
This is a aspect of the war that needs further study.
MittlerPfalz on
Check out Billy Wilder’s movie “A Foreign Affair” for a look at what “the boys” were up to in post-war Germany.
RexInvictus787 on
Julie Manhattan was ahead of their time. The rest of them gave the answer one would expect from people of that era. Her answer sounds like what people would say today.
GGMuc on
I love the irony of someone called Orndorff hating Germans….
Electronic-Country63 on
It’s harder to appreciate today just how angry people felt about Germans following the war. In in my mid to late forties and remember friends of
My grandmother still being very openly critical of Germans in the 90s. One wouldn’t buy German-made or brand goods.
I’m in the UK but this feeling was often replicated across Europe and wouldn’t surprise me if it was also prevalent in the US.
It was framed as a moral, just war against an axis of evil. Everyone knew people who had died or had loved ones die.
I’m not surprised these women were frosty to German women, especially with the added angle of defeat and “they’re coming here, taking our men”.
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Whoa, some very strong opinions here.
They all seem to fear men coming home with German wives and not wanting American girls anymore. Did that happen a lot back then or was it just fear?
This is a aspect of the war that needs further study.
Check out Billy Wilder’s movie “A Foreign Affair” for a look at what “the boys” were up to in post-war Germany.
Julie Manhattan was ahead of their time. The rest of them gave the answer one would expect from people of that era. Her answer sounds like what people would say today.
I love the irony of someone called Orndorff hating Germans….
It’s harder to appreciate today just how angry people felt about Germans following the war. In in my mid to late forties and remember friends of
My grandmother still being very openly critical of Germans in the 90s. One wouldn’t buy German-made or brand goods.
I’m in the UK but this feeling was often replicated across Europe and wouldn’t surprise me if it was also prevalent in the US.
It was framed as a moral, just war against an axis of evil. Everyone knew people who had died or had loved ones die.
I’m not surprised these women were frosty to German women, especially with the added angle of defeat and “they’re coming here, taking our men”.
Story of a Japanese War Bride.
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3tMFeVDEsU&pp=ygUXamFwYW5lc2Ugd2FyIGJyaWRlIDE5NTI%3D](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3tMFeVDEsU&pp=ygUXamFwYW5lc2Ugd2FyIGJyaWRlIDE5NTI%3D)