Rich relations

the American occupation of Britain, 1942-1945

by Reynolds, David

1995 555 pages eng

Between 1942 and 1945 three million Americans passed through Great Britain. Most were young men in their early twenties, away from home for the first time. They left a country pulling out of its worst-ever depression. They came to the heart of a great but waning empire battered by war. The Brits sai…