2025年1月8日 · During ww1 there was a huge wave of racism in the US against Germans. German books were burned. German americans changed their names [like dr. seuss who's real last name is Geisel, and intentionally mispronounced seuss (his mother's maiden name) as ''soos'' or ''syous'' to make it sound less German than it's correct pronunciation:''soyce''].

2012年12月29日 · The plan that defeated France in the space of six weeks was Mainstein's. He would then move to the Eastern Front where he would be responsible for the capturing of the Crimea and extracting German forces from the Caucasus following the disaster that Hitler had inflicted on the Wehrmacht in Operation Blue.

Question about the history of British vs German american identity. Girgisjus; Jan 8, 2025; 2. Replies 27 ...

2012年7月3日 · Not only in North American Indian mythology, but in other mythologies from all around the world, there is something in common. The origins of mankind usually come in combination with the origins of fire. So here I have written what the Indians believed were the origins of mankind and also the origins of fire.

Their pastor Johann Kilian persevered, preaching in both Sorbian and German as more German migrants moved closer. Eventually he added English to the list of his preaching languages. The use of German had made such inroads into the community that gravestones for Kilian and his family were carved in German.

2010年7月24日 · The Garrand rifle often used to rust. B-17s did not originally have defrosting gear on their windows, and American crews had been trained to bomb in the Nevada desert and suchlike, not Northern Germany in winter! But pre-war American forces were tiny compared to what they became: like Britain, their government had starved them of money.

2017年9月26日 · The Czech cook proposes to carry a message (written in English) to the American troops to ask for help. With his bike he managed to avoid the SS patrols and carry the message to Captain Lee. Gangl offers his help to Lee to defend the castle, the latter accepts and the German and American troops are therefore en route to Itter.

2023年3月16日 · American-Style Windmills In 1854, Daniel Halladay developed the American-type windmill. It was smaller, less expensive and could be shipped and built easily. Its sails were held into the wind by a weight, which would rise slowing to reduce the area of the sails when the wind was too fast.

2019年9月16日 · In the British comedy series ‘Dad’s Army’ – based on the Home Guard, set up originally to counter German landings from the air in 1940 – Lance Corporal Jones is noted for his oft-expressed opinion that the German soldier will not stand up to a bayonet attack. “They do not like it.” Leaving aside...

2015年4月4日 · Senior American officers commanded British (and Canadian and other) units and British senior officers American ones. For instance, the air power than consolidated the defeat of german forces at the battle of the Bulge was commanded by Air Marshal Coningham who appointed US General Quesada as his 2ic and both directed the RAF 2nd TAF, the US ...