Why do you think European countries aren't greatfull for the american intervention during WW2 ?

Question

If you do think that way, what are your arguments or proofs ?

I'm from the moon, I'm just trying to understand.

thank you for answering.

Answer 1

Most were (except for the pro-Nazi), but in France, as years went by, a lot of the French people got tired of hosting the rowdy American soldiers. Then the hype fell physically.
But actually, it was after what happened WWII. The West and East Germany thing with the Berlin issues. Then the actual start of the Cold War. Everyone worried more with the problems with the future than praised the U.S. for what happened years ago already. The change of a new threat came fast, it was a new playing stage of global terror, nuclear weapons and communism.
You have to see this humanly. You know that WWII was over, fighting stopped, economy is still a bit rough but then U.S. and Russia is building more and more nuclear weapons for a war that could actually happen (at that time). Just like now, U.S. and Iran and North Korea, we don't know what's going to happen next.
Europe has it's own problems now and you can't make all the teeagers in Europe praise the U.S.. It's the generation differences too, it's different if you lived through WWII than when you read about it.
And yes, the French actually help us during the U.S. revolution immensely, but do you feel grateful and be nicer to France today? Most answers are actually putting France down. But I think our founding fathers had a different idea of the French then.

Answer 2

Americans( businessmen) made a lot of money in the war. They never wanted to enter the war. Hitler earlier fooled everybody by saying that he was saving the world from communism or preventing it from spreading. Britain turned a nelson's eye when Hitler attacked european countries. When there was so much destruction going on America was making lots of money. Germany was tired and the war was already lost due to Germany's invasion of USSR. Japan was the same case they were wanting to surrender but The americans Nuked them killing a million innocent civilians. America came in the last Phase to claim that it was because of them that the war was over.The chief beneficiaries were The Soviates and the Americans, they distributed the worlds booty between them. The American can't win a single war (Vietnam, Korea, etc) Forget about everything cant catch OSAMA

Answer 3

first off its not that we are not grateful more we dont like the fact america think they won the war single handedly.

THAT IS COMPLETELY WRONG

Britain did just as much as the US if not more to defeat the germans and nearly 3,000,000 british soldiers served in WW2.
Aswell as this there were the RAF and the Royal navy who played major parts in the war.
The turning point of WW2 was the battle of Britain as germany knew that if it succesfully invaded and conquered Britain it would have gained control of the most powerful country on earth and therefore would have won the war.
I am thankful for the US help but think that the US should also thank us and as hard as it might be the Russians who also played a major part.

Answer 4

actually if you ever go to europe, you will find that those who remember ww2 are grateful. you might also ask why americans aren't grateful for the fact that without french intervention, we would have lost the revolutionary war. it's because no one here remembers it, and when everyone in europe who was alive during ww2 is dead, they will forget too. and whoever was retarded enough to say that we have saved them time and time again needs more than one example, and ww1 doesn't count because the germans were going to lose anyway, and the vast majority of troops we sent were inexperienced, ineffective, and arrived too late, some of those who got there early did well, but many did not

Answer 5

It's probably just the current generation. Look at all the newsreels of American G.I.s entering Rome, Paris and all the other cities on the european continent. People were ecstatic with yankee intervention. The town in Belgium near the Malmedy massacre honor our boys every year....these are the pictures i remember.

Answer 6

You have to remember that America wasn't in WW2 to help others. They entered when Germany declared war on America.. Before that, they didn't care very much.

So i don't see why Europe should be more grateful toward America than any other country involved.

I my opinion everyone should be grateful toward any who fought this war not just toward certain countries.
Everyone had their fair share of problem. Some had bigger than other but in the end they all fought and defended the best they could.

Answer 7

Well, from a Brazilian, I see it as Americans popularized it and sort of stayed in Europe to protect it. Being from the only Latin American country to send troops overseas in WW2. The problems that occured in WW2 are over... and the USA still uses it to justify it's bases there.

Answer 8

The older generation in Europe is grateful. The younger people don't seem to understand what the U.S. did & they seem to resent us bringing it up. They were not around to experience it first hand so they don't feel like they need to be thankful to our younger generation. Face it, it was our (the U.S.s) grandfathers that made the contrabution to Europe & the U.S. Personally I'm thankful for all the WWII generation from all of the allies. GOD BLESS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Answer 9

Norway, Denmark, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Yugoslavia, Greece Parts of the USSR Nazi allies USSR (Nazis attack them in 1941) Slovakia (part of Czechoslovakia). Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland, Italy

Answer 10

At the time they were very grateful that the US intervened in WW2 but once it was over and Europe became very socialist and anti captialist they wanted to shift away from American ideals so they kind of forgot about what the US did for them in WW2.