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Much of middle-America (and Canada) was settled by huge numbers of German immigrants. At the start of WW1, there were similar concerns about German sympathies.
by CountSessine 9y ago
Much of middle-America (and Canada) was settled by huge numbers of German immigrants. At the start of WW1, there were similar concerns about German sympathies.
It just doesn't work that way. These people have made their homes here and count themselves as Canadians and Americans. They might have sympathies for the old country (much as many of us in North America do), but the stronger these sympathies are, the less likely we'll go to war in the first place.
- loeber 9y agoGerman-Americans were, for a long time, the largest national-ethnic group in the US. After the World Wars, calling oneself a German-American went out of fashion. There are some interesting articles on the matter: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/opinion/whatever-happened-to-german-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/opinion/whatever-happened... [2] https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21642222-americas-largest-ethnic-group-has-assimilated-so-well-people-barely-notice-it https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21642222-americ...