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David's avatar

Here is a more depraved and unconscionable version of this ​subject in Europe.

France was, by this time,starving. American soldiers​ possessed an endless supply​ of food, and especially​ chocolate and cigarettes,​ which the deprived natives​ craved, and as a result,

almost overnight, sex​ became the currency and​ French women quickly​ realised that offering sex​ was practically the only way​ to survive.

As a result, the French​ came to be regarded as​ an immoral, subservient​ people, and in the summer​ of 1944, many of the women​ of France, in effect, became​ prostitutes for the benefits

the practice brought, and to​ stay alive.

Americanisation had​ turned hungry women into​ nothing more than tarts.​ The generals looked the​ other way while American​ military authorities tried​ their best to ignore both the​ disastrous effects on French​ society and the escalating​ incidence of venereal​ disease among their troops.

The army privately believed​ that sex was good for​ fighting men but had little​ regard for the women who​ were reluctantly providing​ this ‘relief’ to their soldiers.

https://thelightpaper.co.uk/assets/pdf/Light-50-Oct-24-Web-Final.pdf

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Glen Gardner's avatar

This is an example of an otherwise un-discused tragedy of war.

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