The Darker Side of the Allies' D-Day Victory in France
State of the World from NPR
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The Dark Realities of Occupation and Racial Scapegoating
This chapter examines the troubling issue of sexual violence perpetrated by U.S. soldiers during the Allied occupation of France post-D-Day. It highlights the hypersexualization of French women by the Army and the racial scapegoating of African American soldiers, revealing the systemic biases that influenced military justice and community fears.
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