In France, when there was a war, we fought and our ancestors fought, though many had real reason to flee the Germans.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My grandmother was German. She was an immigrant, and my great grandfather fought in World War I and was stationed in France.
We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or haunted by the choices, evasions and moral ambiguities that only a defeated and occupied country can feel.
What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war?
Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty.
I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.
Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.
A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.
I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.