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NPR’s headline is misleading—the problem was not free doughnuts, it was charging (briefly) for doughnuts. In any case, fascinating; thanks for posting.
by oxfeed65261 6y ago
NPR’s headline is misleading—the problem was not free doughnuts, it was charging (briefly) for doughnuts. In any case, fascinating; thanks for posting.
- adventured 6y agoIt's not misleading. Free doughnuts were part of the problem. The British soldiers were upset that they had to pay for their snacks while the American soldiers were receiving theirs for free, and it caused tensions. The free doughnuts helped to cause that imbalance and tension, which led to charging for the snacks.
- birdyrooster 6y agoIn that case, the British charging for donuts was part of the problem too.
- dmckeon 6y agoOne wonders what the alternative-history narrative would be if the US had offered to pay the Brits for their soldiers’ snacks? Perhaps the common UK complaint about US soldiers in WWII would have been: overpaid, oversexed, overweight, and over here. :-)
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoWith lend-lease, I can imagine at least some of it was already subsided
- Chris2048 6y agoMaybe British soldiers being upset was only half of the situation: Maybe American soldiers in turn felt better to have such a benefit over British soldiers?