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What were American GI's and how many were there? |
American GIs were American soldiers based in Britain they arrived in 1942 and there were 3 million of them. |
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What impact did American GIs have on Britain? |
Very popular with women there were 80,000 GI brides throughout the war. They was very little conflict with British people and Americans though some ensued over cultural differences. |
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How many African American GIs were there? |
There was around 130,000 African American GIs. They were surprised by how they were treated in the UK due to the lack of racial discrimination. |
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Who were the majority of the Commonwealth soldiers? |
Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, and Indians |
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How many Canadian Brides were there? |
40,000 |
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How many Eastern European migrated to Britain between 1945-1950? |
200,000 |
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How many Poles settled in England after the war? |
120,000 |
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Who encouraged it and how? |
Encouraged by Winston Churchill, he set up the Polish Resettlement scheme that aimed to rehouse and train Polish people. |
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How many poles were under the PRS? |
By 1948 65,000 were under the PRS in British Industry. |
