help a SG out, you UK lovelies and History buffs!

hmmm maybe its some sort of trick question? bit strange for him to assign something which needs to be backed up by an empty source.

maybe its really about the lack of reporting on the UK perspective? hm im thinking im wrong

EDIT: unless its due tomorrow id go ask/email my lecturer. or ask a friend whos doing the same assignment?

[Edited on Mar 04, 2005 by glossywhite]

i think the general concensus was that you were all a bunch of crazy yanks.

Is that the troops from D-day when they entered Normandy, or when they were stationed here?

British, not English surely?

I know that a lot of the American soldiers had *relations* with the British ladies (ask my nan about this one ). For this reason there was some resentment/rivalry, but then on the other hand we were both fighting for the same thing.

'Overpaid oversexed and over here!' was the joke.

A lot of the troops camped on the Common here in Southampton, prior to entering occupied Europe, I'm just going to see what I can find out about those...

Here's the best links I found:
http://www.plimsoll.org/SeaPeople/womenandthesea/womenandwar/warbrides.asp
http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Southamptonatwar/AmericansinSouthampton/default.asp#3
http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Southamptonatwar/AmericansinSouthampton/soldiersinthestreets.asp#1
http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Southamptonatwar/AmericansinSouthampton/timetogohome.asp#1
http://www.plimsoll.org/

More here:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22american+troops+in+britain%22&btnG=Search&meta=
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1061939

They all have links to personal accounts, but you'd need to check through them.

Good luck.

i know that at the time of the war alot of the british men were abroard fighting in france etc. and america used england to establish some troops/bases. they gave the lonely british females chocolate and quite a few of them ended up with a bun in the oven..

My roommate's grandmother was a British war bride. She has the coolest British/Baltimore accent.

I think you can pull this assingment off if you look at the way in which Americans and events that involved Americans are reported in The Spectator preceeding and following US involvement in the conflicts. I think you will notice a marked contrast in the way reporters discuss events involving the US such as German U-Boats sinking American ships before our entry in WWI in April of 1917 and direct American involvement in the trenches in France and Belgium. The Brits had been slogging it out since 1914 and WWI was a hellish meat grinder. The US only got involved at the tail end of WWI. As far as WWII goes the lend lease program gave the Brits a better perspective of the US, but you might want to look at reports on the right wing isolationist American Anti-war movement in 1939 - 1940 in the British press. I left a post on your page with some info on how to access the London Times digital archive through myuw. I know it's not The Spectator but it's the best I could do. Hope it helps. Have fun with the mircofilm!

"Overpaid, oversexed, and over here."

Damnit, you beat me to it.

And that's post 11111 for me. Huh.


[Edited on Mar 04, 2005 by Keith]

Synie. Hey, Throw some courier new on that sum'bitch and you're practically done.

While you're doing that I'm going to be trying to do a 5-10 page research paper about jesus, muhammad and moses. It doesn't sound that bad...but I've got a rabbi who teaches the class and is grading the paper.
Shiza!

[Edited on Mar 04, 2005 by One_Pure_Thought]

You and me both man.

And I'm not quite sure if the man has "ferrets" or "Tourette's Syndrome."

I'm a little confused . . . the Specatator magazine is a weekly political review magazine with a conservative political viewpoint. It generally has a lot of contemporary political policy analysis, as well as opinions on social and moral issues, but not typically much in the way of history. .

However, I have a feeling you should check out it's website because most political journals have a cheap pay feature where you can search through their back issues, because maybe you've been told to look in the wrong issue. Just a thought.

And good luck

Stop trying to cheat
Good Luck!!!