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Actually, the links I provided earlier in this discussion show the United Kingdom to be quite forgiving of Nazis, particularly due to the post war labor shortage. Here they are again if you missed them.
The UK: A Nazi Safe Haven
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article555186.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/feb/04/secondworldwar.germany
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1525553.stm
You think? What governments think is rarely what the people think, try asking the survivors of the Blitz how they felt about the Germans. Try asking what the Japanese prisoners of war think about the Japanese even today. Ask the Channel Islandrs who had the Germans invae their islands.
The British v Germans mentality is alive, well and kicking, trust me. You'd be surprised by how much anti German sentiment there is here, it's even worse in the Netherlands, they haven't forgiven the Germans at all. here we still call them krauts, still fight them at any opportunity at football matches anywhere in the world, we even still fight them on the beaches.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...onquest-their-dislike-of-the-hun-1615916.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/jun/24/worldcup2010-national-newspapers
From Nick Clegg the deputy Prime Minister.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/nick-clegg/dont-mention-war-grow-up
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opi...r-Beck-Kingston-University-article493295.html
And this
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/column...et-the-war-it-s-far-too-soon-115875-16474483/
"But what is not reasonable - and what is in fact plain stupid, and a defiance of human nature - is to believe that the people of these islands should look upon Germany as just another European neighbour.
Question: Why can't the British forget the Second World War?
Answer: Because it is just too soon.
A residual resentment of Germany remains in our national consciousness, and that is entirely understandable."