I have titled this presentation, first came love, then came marriage, then came life in a strange new land and a farewell to everything familiar. Its a subject that has not received a lot of attention. Youll see a lot on canadian war brides, but not much on american war brides. This is a source that is really untapped. Between 1942 and 1952, 1 million american soldiers foreign women from 50 different countries. This is a rough breakdown. Its an estimate. 100,000 were british. 150,000 to 200,000 were from continental europe. About 16,000 hailed from australia and new zealand. 50,000 to 100,000 were from the far east, including japan. And by 1950, 14,175 were german women. It wasnt supposed to happen, this marriage between american g. I. S and foreign ladies. The 2 million u. S. Servicemen arriving in britain were given a 38page handbook instructing them to avoid upsetting the british during the socalled friendly invasion. The british already felt that the americans were overpaid, the g.
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