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Most people welcoming them were probably of German descent themselves.
by k__ 2y ago
Most people welcoming them were probably of German descent themselves.
- pfdietz 2y agoLots of people of German descent in the US! In WW2, consider the names of the top US general in Europe and the top admiral in the Pacific.
- fuzztester 2y agoEisenhower for the general? Don't have an idea about the admiral.
- pfdietz 2y agoChester W. Nimitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz
- fuzztester 2y agoOh, wow. I vaguely seem to remember that there was an aircraft carrier or other naval ship named after him. Read it somewhere long back, IIRC. Will google it, or it may be in your link. Edit: Found it in seconds, second para in your link. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz
- pfdietz 2y agoThere is much to read about him. I suggest Ian Toll's Pacific War trilogy.
- fuzztester 2y agothanks, will take a look.
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- inglor_cz 2y agoInterestingly, the name Nimitz doesn't sound that much Germanic, it could have been a Germanized version of an originally Slavic name like Němec. (Which would mean "German"; quite a recursion :) The Nimitz family stems from Bremen, and quite deeply so (13th century), which would fit, because Bremen/Lueneburger Heide is not that far from territories settled by Polabian Slavs.