“They treated us royally” The experiences of black Americans in Britain during the Second World War
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“They treated us royally” The experiences of black Americans in Britain during the Second World War
During the Second World War, about 1.5 million American servicemen and women visited British shores. Around 150,000 of the US troops who came to Britain were black. Their arrival was heralded as a ‘friendly invasion’, but also highlighted a number of cultural differences between the two nations, including an unfriendly American one: the ...
Oct 11, 2020
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