Heroes Among Us: Incident at Bamber Bridge | American Couple Reacts 

White GIs who married English girls took them home, Black GIs who married English girls stayed here. Tells you everthing.

We Brits ain't perfect, we have our own issues with racism. But, if you come here and fight with us hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder then the very least you deserve is respect and fairness.

Another great one. But sorry, those gents weren't JUST troops fighting at our sides. They were men who had come across the Atlantic to resupply, support & stand beside us. The very LEAST we can do is welcome them & show our gratitude! Bollocks to the colour of their skin! They were there to HELP US! Don't tell Brits how to treat those we are thankful for the help of

It makes me proud to be British that Britain stood up for the black Americans soldiers

The British imposed segregation as was asked; it just wasn't what the US MPs were expecting. This was social irony at it's finest and was the best way to highlight the absurdity of Jim Crow

Don't tell a Brit what to do. They will do what they think is right.

Americans trying to force their ideology at that time on the British on their own land........ That don't wash with us being dictated too

This didn't just happen at Bamber Bridge - it happened in many places where black US troops were stationed. There was even one pitched battle in the centre of the City of Bristol. Indeed it became so well known that it featured as a plot in the novel 'A Chequer Board' by Nevil Shute. DON'T EVER tell the British how they should behave, in their own country - you'll find exactly how stubborn we are.

My Grandmother always hated the way the American Military treated the black soldiers. Such treatment goes against our sense of right and fairness. "the air of England is too pure for any slave to breathe."

How difficult is it to bloody comprehend? He who stands with me, sheds blood with me and dies with me, is my bother!

I love that the US had the AUDACITY to try to tell northern Brits what to do in their own pubs 😂

Congratulations guys. British people welcomed ALL US troops irrespective of colour, just a pity some Americans couldn't do the same.

The Brits only saw troops,not black troops. My grandmother(dads mum) told stories that were almost beyond belief of how American military elements treated the coloured troops. False accusations,assaults,even killings were fairly common in some areas of England when the huge troop numbers were on British soil waiting for D-Day. She spoke of 1 black GI who "went AWOL" according to his unit.5 days later he was found in woods nearby hanging from a tree with a sign round his neck.All around the tree were large amounts of American cigarette butts.No local police were allowed,even though they had the authority in cases of murder.Also the local press were leaned on not to report anything.

Congratulations to the Happy Couple on your Marriage, the kindest and best of wishes and love from Sussex, UK

Don’t get me wrong we have our own problems with racism but this story make me so proud to be British

Congratulations on your wedding folks 😊

Congratulations to the pair of you I hope you have a long and happy life together

Congratulations on your marriage, lovely couple. Many blessings.

Congratulations. Best wishes from England.

The Brits chose their own friends and comrades and we stand by them no matter what. By the way that pub still exists. I hope you’ll be as happy as my husband and I have been for the past 50 years.

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As I understand history, a lot of sailing ships would avoid, physically, docking on a quayside in Britain, if they had slaves in the crew, as the act of stepping ashore in Britain, post 1833, made you a freed person By Law,

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After the war black blues musicians preferred touring in the UK to playing in the segregated US. Hence the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac etc.

Congratulations!.....Great news on the wedding.....Love from the UK

What a lovely surprise Neal, congratulations to you both, best wishes.

In America, black people are called Afro-Americans. In Britain, if you are black, you are British. Even the language has a racist tone to it. Prejudice should never be tolerated.

Congrats to the both of you.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A WELCOME IN ENGLAND FOR ANY BLACK BROTHER IN ARMS (RESPECT)

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Britain will always be the best country

Congratulations on your marriage! All the very best for the future ❤

In Britain we never really had slavery. It was outlawed in 1102. If you don't see someone as your equal, you can treat them differently. Everyone in Britain regardless of colour were treated as equals throughout the centuries.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Where I am from in Cardiff, there is an area formally known as Tiger Bay. The black GI's were so amazed that they were treated with respect and dignity that they stayed on after the war. Also, black blues musicians were treated like the gods they were. To the Brits, the blues are as important historically and culturally as white American music. Keith Richards was astounded when he visited Chicago, that Muddy Waters (Who was a god to him) was working as a decorator to put food on the table

Congrats you two.👍

It's a great story. I think there were similar problems and riots in Australia that at least were partially a result of American military demands for segregation of black troops.

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congratulations guys . hope you two are very happy n stay that way .

We stand alone, unbeaten and unbowed, for a thousand years in our island home. This demi paradise, this earth, this England.

Congrats Neil. Found you through the Larry Bird reactions a good while ago too lol. Good to see you happy bro.

You should look up The Battle of Brisbane and The Battle of Manners Street, 2 other occasions, one in Australia and one in New Zealand, where the American tried to enforce racial policies and got the shit beat out of them by the locals.. .

Congratulations.

Congratulations Man!

hope you have many happy years together

Congratulations guys. The best of wishes to you both from the UK. They should have asked the military authorities if they were going to ask Hitter to do similar segregation rules, once they got over to German pubs. There’s some irony in there somewhere 🤔

Note the British white tea lady serving sandwiches and tea to the American troops …

Oh, wishing you both congratulations on your marriage. Al lbest wishes for your future lives together. I think you are a lovely presenter.. very engaging and easy to like. Keep the videos coming, please. Love from coastal suffolk, England. xx

We’ve had Indian military for a century … and Gurkhas from Nepal … some of the fiercest and smallest soldiers in the world … a thousand apply for every place in the British army …

I live in the next village to Bamber Bridge; literally a twenty second walk away. Eighty years later, drinking and fighting is still a popular past-time here. and to keep the video American, where you paused it on the 'The three village pubs responded.......' part of the video, that's a Subway now.

The sad thing was some of the opinions and prejudices of the Jim Crow American GI's passed on to some 'sympathetic' British people who had never heard the like before (a minority thankfully) but some unpleasantness was passed on.

The "Black Troops Only" I see as a typical British response, when somebody tries to force you to do something that you don't agree with. Oh, we need to segregate the troop - consider it done buddy! Wait, wait. what? That is not what we meant....

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Hew - congratulations to both of you - thats great ! 💖💖

Congratulations you two!

They had no right comming to our country demanding anything

Yeah! Congratulations mate!

Congratulations to you two.

congratulations mate! big love to all people :)

Congrats on getting married my man! Much love, from the UK.

Congratulations on your marriage, btw! Lots of love, from a Brit.

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"Black troops only" no-one does passive aggressive resistance to authority like my people. Plus the black regiment was there several months before the other troops , had got to know the locals and made themselves very popular as they were well paid, generous, polite and had access to goodies us Brits (four years into rationing) could only dream of. Some of the young men found the competition a bit unfair which lead to some grumbling, but every Brit would choose a black GI for a neighbour rather than a Nazi.

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Congratulations guys

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Many congratulations to the two of you

congrats on getting married

Neal more than happy you go into my country one day. Unfortunately she is ginger we have enough of those here🎉... I am joking about the two of you more than welcome in Great Britain.. I'm really happy for the pair of you as well ❤ I give you lots of love 💙

Congrats mate.

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Black soldiers were semi-legendary to many British - jazz was a big deal and black troops bringing friendship and far-away new musical knowledge to Britain was exciting.

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Yes, as someone has said there was some racism (not much) in British society, really due to the fact that not many people had encountered black people before. But the US black soldiers were so well-mannered that the native Brits welcomed them so much. Segregation was unheard of and very alien. You don't impose such things on people you actually like. It was unthinkable. The British would think and say "Well at least give these men a chance!" It was abhorrent, especially as the men were there to help Britain in the War against Hitler and the very ideas the Nazis put forward. Plus, no one comes over here telling us who we can allow in our homes and pubs. That was a red rag to a bull on its own.

"We like the American soldiers, but not the white guys they've brought with them." - an unnamed British Civilian, c. Early 1940s

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Congrats to you both on your wedding

Congratulations :)

According to one of my teachers, there was little or no racism in Britain until the white GI's introduced it.

I grew up in the 70's in backwater Wiltshire. On my estate, of around 40 houses, we had two black families.one from Sri Lanka and the other from British Guyana. We played together, went to church and went to school together and have great memories of those times. Never at one point was colour mentioned. It wasn't until the late 90's race was used by media and the government as levers to push us apart. A teacher once said to me, a measure of a man is the size of his heart and his soul not his physical stature. We were talking about prejudice at the time. And I was 11 at the time, and it still rings true today. Most people just get along, some numb nuts don't. Its just life. As for the video, Britons are less racist than the media pushes its narrative. We welcomed curry as our nations favourite dish, promote Jamaican music, have world street food festivals et al, and combine many cultures. That said, we should still promote English culture ( in my case) to the world.

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Why I’m I crying 🤦🏼‍♀️

we will always fight on the side of common sense. it's doesnt matter colour of the skin. i hold my American bothers close.

US Military segregated blood for transfusions. In wartime!

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only when they were fighting for he brits after the war it was a difference place " No Dogs No Blacks No Irish "

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Oh wow, congratulations on your marriage 🎉

No need to thank us and I honestly mean that, since it’s the least we could do for our friends and Allies and as a side note, it goes to show that racism aimed towards blacks was mostly an American thing, that being said our racism would most definitely be aimed towards the Irish, but that being said people tend to confuse American history with racism and slavery with British history being mostly all about invading other peoples lands and taking their stuff and whilst there was racism in Britain at the time, racism was done and viewed differently as it is today, where people weren’t racist primarily to be mean so to speak but it’s simply the way things were, and as a Brit our culture or cultural problems wasn’t based on racism but was based either through what we call classism, the poor and downtrodden working lower class serfs, the poor and hard working middle class (although it’s more realistic to just say upper and lower classes but I digress) and then there’s the rich snobby elitist upper class, Fun fact because only the rich and wealthy in the UK can become officers and whilst those who climb the ranks were extremely rare, most British officers tend to fall into three categories in the British military, the naval officers who unlike everyone else, got a fancy hat, smartly pressed uniform, their own living quarters and a decent meal on top of a decent pay, vs the average British sailor was stuck eating rock solid ship’s biscuits or watery oats with a few lumps of meat in it, as for the other two there’s the army officers who again got a fancy hat, a sword and pistol and got both a decent meal as well as the power to order everyone around him about and lastly the cavalry who were all made up of the rich, powerful and elite, being that a cavalryman was expected not only to buy their uniforms but their horse as well as their equipment meaning that because horses were very expensive animals only the rich were able to use them which is why, the term GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE Is a thing since the person on the proverbial high horse would be a snobby Rich guy, and in battle many soldiers would attempt to pull the horses riders off their horses by grabbing them and pulling them down which again explains the term Get off your high horse 😂

England specifically banned slavery in 1102. Colour does not matter Racism does exist in the UK from all people...but it is rare Unfortunately we are turning into America....we've imported your political ideologies and claims of victimhood. British politics is being divided along sectarian lines because minority groups can get money from different government agencies and outsiders. If things keep going the way they are and British values keep being eroded, then there will be civil war not based on colour...more on religion and culture.

Know your ally. And congrats for the rings on the fingers and the bun in the oven...you'll regret it lol. Is she still saying home birth or second thoughts creeping in 😂😂

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