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A 1915 Australian badge reflecting the Anti-German sentiment at the time Anti-German propaganda cartoon from Australia, Norman Lindsay, between 1914 and 1918. When Britain declared war on Germany, naturalized Australian subjects born in enemy countries and Australian-born descendants of migrants born in enemy countries were declared "enemy aliens".
Anti-German sentiment in the United States, opposition to or fear of Germany, its inhabitants, its culture, or its language. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Robert Paul Prager (February 28, 1888 – April 5, 1918) was a German immigrant who was lynched in the United States during World War I due to growing anti-German sentiment. Prager initially worked as a baker in southern Illinois before taking up work as a laborer in a coal mine. He eventually settled in Collinsville, a hub for mining activity.
Anti-German sentiment spiked after the sinking of the Lusitania. This recruiting poster depicts a drowning mother and child. This recruiting poster depicts a drowning mother and child. American public opinion was divided, with most Americans until early 1917 largely of the opinion that the United States should stay out of the war.
This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. An early political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during ...
Since there was a very anti-German sentiment during World War 1, the military and government would rename towns, like Kitchener, Ontario in Canada, which was named Berlin until WWI. Another reason why English-language names were given by troops to places affected by WW1 is that English-speaking troops often fought in unknown territory [ 1 ] and ...
This community was largely pro-British and anti-German in sentiment. [83] [84] [85] Albanian-Americans in communities such as Boston also campaigned for entry into the war and were overwhelmingly pro-British and anti-German, as well as hopeful the war would lead to an independent Albania which would be free from the Ottoman Empire. [86]
[citation needed] As a result of widespread anti-German sentiment during World War I, German fluency decreased from one generation of Pennsylvanians to the next, and today only a small fraction of its residents of German descent are fluent in the German language. [citation needed]