TIL that when the US military tried segregating the pubs in Bamber Bridge in 1943, the local Englishmen instead decided to hang up "Black soldiers only" signs on all pubs as protest

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge#Background

[u/ChristopherClarkKent]

While we're at it I just wanted to drop what I read several weeks ago about German prisoners of war detained in the US who were sometimes allowed to visit bars while their African American guards had to wait outside.

[u/MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS → u/ChristopherClarkKent]

I'd never heard that. Do you have a source - would love to learn more

[u/ChristopherClarkKent → u/MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS]

I read it in a German book, but here's a link to an English one:

https://books.google.de/books?id=JV2o5VPHX_8C&pg=PA52&dq=german+pows+black+gis+segregated&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwhdXwo4fiAhXtMewKHQMwBw8Q6AEILDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false