The Incident At Bamber Bridge—The British stand up for Black American soldiers

@Piper Every time we’re tempted to pat ourselves on the back for "saving Europe from the Nazis" we need to remember that we came with racially segregated troops—and we kept our own internment camps back home. Plus we had an American Nazi group.

@Piper guess what here another perfect opportunity in this day and of the time, which side are you going to be on, because you are going to have serve somebody?

@bijouxbroussard The generation of English people who fought in the war had a very low opinion of American soldiers. ‘Over payed, over sexed, and over here’ was the phrase commonly used.

I had an aunt who cried every Christmas , whose child was sent to Australia, as he was fathered by a GI.

@peterlee We can't say the Russian soldiers were any better.

@JSul3 A friend whose family came from Germany told me her family and neighbors were terrified of the Russian soldiers; that when they came through a town there were things they did to the civilians as a matter of course that the other allies were much less likely to do. 😞

@bijouxbroussard Yes ...it's called rape and pillage.

@JSul3 I’m aware. During their Ukrainian "campaigns" there were widespread reports of the same behavior. 🥺