also holdovers from World War I, passed down by family members (Roberts 94). From the discussion in Roberts’ book the French Resistance members were better received than the actual French military (95). Resistance members were considered to have been the French people who never gave up fighting, unlike the French military. Although more positively received, the Resistance members were considered hasty and wild in their tactics. One of the main issues with the working relationship between the American and French militaries was the American military’s overall goal for the Allied armies. According to Keene, the American military thought very highly of American methods and tried to teach them to the Allied army. Hidden within these attempts of
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One of the largest social norm that Americans pushed in France was the Jim Crow laws. On average, African American soldier’s experiences in France are defined as having both good and bad experiences. The European continent presented African American soldiers more freedoms than their home, but still had certain limitations. As racial discrimination was still prevalent in the American military during both wars. This racial discrimination from their own military soured relationships with French communities as …show more content…
Many in France understood that Americans were not totally in the war for altruistic intentions. Others thought that America would avoid the heavily active warzones while the French would take heavy fire.
Finally, throughout the wars the French develop an issue of manliness against the Americans. As in World War II, American enter France if they can have any women that they want, this injured the pride of French men. This also influences the interactions between the French army and Americans. These attitudes were also inflated by the Americans treating the French as unable to protect their own country.
The savior motif becomes more prevalent there as France was affectively conquered by the German host. Coupled with the exploitation of the poverty of the French people, the American soldiers during the second world war did not ingratiate themselves on their European host. This is like the argument made by Blower in the 1920s, that Americans were degrading the morals of the French people (132-133). Since the Americans believed that the French were sexually loose, they decided to partake in that culture. Thus, creating an exponential growth in prostitution, due to the GIs use of paychecks on
One of the largest social norm that Americans pushed in France was the Jim Crow laws. On average, African American soldier’s experiences in France are defined as having both good and bad experiences. The European continent presented African American soldiers more freedoms than their home, but still had certain limitations. As racial discrimination was still prevalent in the American military during both wars. This racial discrimination from their own military soured relationships with French communities as …show more content…
Many in France understood that Americans were not totally in the war for altruistic intentions. Others thought that America would avoid the heavily active warzones while the French would take heavy fire.
Finally, throughout the wars the French develop an issue of manliness against the Americans. As in World War II, American enter France if they can have any women that they want, this injured the pride of French men. This also influences the interactions between the French army and Americans. These attitudes were also inflated by the Americans treating the French as unable to protect their own country.
The savior motif becomes more prevalent there as France was affectively conquered by the German host. Coupled with the exploitation of the poverty of the French people, the American soldiers during the second world war did not ingratiate themselves on their European host. This is like the argument made by Blower in the 1920s, that Americans were degrading the morals of the French people (132-133). Since the Americans believed that the French were sexually loose, they decided to partake in that culture. Thus, creating an exponential growth in prostitution, due to the GIs use of paychecks on