world war 1

[Thylia..x]

wat were the attitudes from the british towards the germans during world war 1 ????? write back as soon as possiblee please =D x x x

[JockSporran]

At the start of the war, British people regarded Germans as 'more like us' than the French or other Europeans. There is the well documented case of fraternisation in the trenches on Christmas 1914.

But gradually propaganda and the tabloid press made the Germans out to be monsters, and people took it in, believing the sensationalist lies and scandal about skewered babies and human bell-clappers. Then there was the concviction of British superiority, that we were bound to beat them as we were the greatest world power.
Very sad.

[jno]

quite strong at times. Shops owned by Germans (even long resident) were attacked by mobs. The royals changed their German name

[Lil O'lady]

Homework not done, and term starting tomorrow? That we should care?

[Hugh Spencer]

My wife's uncle was in the Medical Corps in WW1, having to dash forward to stretcher-out injured troops. He suffered mustard gas and was affected thereafter but he said he trusted a German more than he would a Frenchman.