不要谈论二战(Don‘t talk about WW2)——欧美在英国你不应该做的事情

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特别是对任何美国人来说，如果你说“如果不是为了你，他们会说德语”或者“我们当时救了你”，英国人都不会高兴。在英国，英国人有一个非常坚定的观点，认为英国人扮演了最大的角色。这也是一个痛处，因为美国人对在战争中失去数百万人的英国人说了这些话战争，相比之下，美国“只”损失了几十万人。考虑到美国人口众多，许多人认为这是一场极其具有攻击性的战争，因为他们认为美国是一个只因受到影响而最终陷入困境的国家，然后拿走了所有的功劳。相信我，第二次世界大战是一片无人区，尤其是对任何赞扬美国的人来说。这并没有从任何一方拿走任何东西——我看到过这种情况的发生，它造成了一个非常尴尬的局面，而且在极少数情况下，它会破坏关系。—费卡特

In particular for any Americans, Brits will not be happy if you say that they 'would be speaking German if it wasn't for you' or that 'we saved you back then'. It is a very firm opinion in Britain that the Brits had the biggest role. It is also a sore point as Americans make these points to the British people who lost millions of people to the war, compared to America who 'only' lost hundreds of thousands. Taking into account America's larger population, many view it as extremely offensive as they see America as the country who steeped in at the very end only because they were impacted and then took all the credit.Trust me on this, WW2 is a no man's land - especially for anyone crediting America. This is not taking anything from either side - I have seen it happen and it creates a hugely awkward situation and in rare occasions it can damage relationships. - FefeCat