German POWs Were Stunned By American Abundance After Crossing the Atlantic
Автор: Arqen
Загружено: 2025-11-29
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May 1943: The Afrika Korps surrenders in Tunisia, and over 275,000 German soldiers begin an unexpected journey to prison camps in the United States. What these battle-hardened veterans discovered in America would fundamentally challenge everything they believed about the war. Transported in comfortable Pullman cars, fed meals more abundant than they'd seen in years, and housed in camps that rivaled military bases, these prisoners experienced a cognitive shock that no amount of Nazi propaganda could explain away. Through train windows spanning thousands of miles, they witnessed America's true power: vast factories operating in perfect safety, cities untouched by war, and an industrial capacity that dwarfed anything Germany could produce. The men who had fought for German superiority found themselves eating white bread while German civilians starved, living in heated barracks while German cities burned, and confronting an unavoidable truth—they had been lied to about their enemy's weakness. This documentary explores how the simple experience of imprisonment in America shattered the illusions of thousands of German soldiers and helped transform post-war Germany's relationship with democracy.
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