War Brides Informative Speech
World War II: War Brides Did you know that most of the women who became war brides moved to the United States just to see there husband? As many as 100,000 of them were British, 150,000 to 200,000 came from Europe, and another 16,000 came from Australia and New Zealand. Today you will learn the main reason why the wives of World War Two Veterans moved to the United States of America, you will also find out, where many of the war brides are from. I will also tell you a few stories of real war brides, you will get to hear their point of view or what they thought of all of this. These are only a few things that are interesting about war brides, there are many more but there isn’t enough sunlight in the day to go through them all. So let's start our time machines, and get ready to start our journey to the past. Lets begin our adventure. Many of the war brides came to the United States trying to find their husbands that they once knew and loved very much, while others came to get away from the war and other problems they were having in there ives.
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Most of them came to the United States after World War Two, in what became the biggest migration of women in America’s history. They came not, as many hateful people who wrote newspapers back home said, they moved because they saw an American husband as a ticket to life in a richer country. They came because they had made a promise to a man they loved, and they knew it was one they had to keep.
(“What 'War Brides”... Fox News 1).
A few of the war brides were from Australia, while others were from Germany and Russia.
According to The Atlantic Times, every day on American Army radio, GIs stationed in Germany at the end of World War II heard slogans such as: "Don't make friends!" "Be suspicious!" insidious and dangerous propaganda" was intended to fend off attacks and ostracize the criminal of the Nazi war crimes. Meanwhile the American lifestyle often wasn’t what it had seemed on the T.V screen.Some women came to communities which still did not have electricity, and with thousands of men returning from Europe, jobs were scarce and many former GIs had to survive on state money for the first year(2). War brides actually came from over fifty countries. Between 1944 and 1950, 150,000 to 200,000 continental European women married U.S. member of the armed forces, and 50,000 to 100,000 couples were married in the Far East ("Facts: American War Brides
).
A lot of women became war brides, all they wanted to do was see their husband a few more times, before he leaves. This is Margaret Boyle Story and why she went over. When she took an American to be her husband in 1943, she was one of 70,000 British wartime women won over by their wealth and charm. With their pay five times that of a British Tommy, and all the glamour of Hollywood around them, the servicemen proved irresistible to the many young ladies who became GI Brides.They were offered free passage by the U.S. Army to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic. But many found the American dream was not what they expected as the reality of life in the States set in once their husbands were out of uniform.The brides, who endured shocking treatment at the hands of U.S. officials before their journeys over, found themselves accused of 'stealing' the men in the hometowns they came to, and often discovered the truth about their husbands, some of whom were cheating on them even as they sailed over. Many relationships were lost while others were just beginning(Corcoran, Kieran. "The REAL Story…..).
Over the course of the war, approximately 65,000 women married American soldiers and sailors("Facts: American War Brides.. ).
Most of them came to the United States after World War Two, in what became the biggest migration of women in America’s history. They came not, as many hateful people who wrote newspapers back home said, they moved because they saw an American husband as a ticket to life in a richer country. They came because they had made a promise to a man they loved, and they knew it was one they had to keep.
(“What 'War Brides”... Fox News 1).
A few of the war brides were from Australia, while others were from Germany and Russia.
According to The Atlantic Times, every day on American Army radio, GIs stationed in Germany at the end of World War II heard slogans such as: "Don't make friends!" "Be suspicious!" insidious and dangerous propaganda" was intended to fend off attacks and ostracize the criminal of the Nazi war crimes. Meanwhile the American lifestyle often wasn’t what it had seemed on the T.V screen.Some women came to communities which still did not have electricity, and with thousands of men returning from Europe, jobs were scarce and many former GIs had to survive on state money for the first year(2). War brides actually came from over fifty countries. Between 1944 and 1950, 150,000 to 200,000 continental European women married U.S. member of the armed forces, and 50,000 to 100,000 couples were married in the Far East ("Facts: American War Brides
).
A lot of women became war brides, all they wanted to do was see their husband a few more times, before he leaves. This is Margaret Boyle Story and why she went over. When she took an American to be her husband in 1943, she was one of 70,000 British wartime women won over by their wealth and charm. With their pay five times that of a British Tommy, and all the glamour of Hollywood around them, the servicemen proved irresistible to the many young ladies who became GI Brides.They were offered free passage by the U.S. Army to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic. But many found the American dream was not what they expected as the reality of life in the States set in once their husbands were out of uniform.The brides, who endured shocking treatment at the hands of U.S. officials before their journeys over, found themselves accused of 'stealing' the men in the hometowns they came to, and often discovered the truth about their husbands, some of whom were cheating on them even as they sailed over. Many relationships were lost while others were just beginning(Corcoran, Kieran. "The REAL Story…..).
Over the course of the war, approximately 65,000 women married American soldiers and sailors("Facts: American War Brides.. ).