It is now 70 years since GIs first landed on British soil to join their allies during WWII. Before the war, ordinary British people only knew Americans as the gangsters and heroes from the silver screen. They were in for a shock. 
The first GIs landed on Britain's shores in 1942 and brought with them candy, Coca-Cola, cigarettes and nylon.
A Home Office report in 1945 reported that girls saw the US as a "magic country" and that the American "proneness to spoil a girl" made them the most attractive boyfriends.
The girls went mad. They never had such a good time. They had never been with fellows who had so much money," ROFLMAO
Children would flock around them and cry "got any gum, chum?"
GIs were reportedly very generous. With average salaries more than five times that of a British soldier and no living expenses to worry about, there was plenty of time for parties. ROFLMAO
And their generous nature made them alluring to women - around 70,000 British women became GI brides.
Perhaps surprisingly for a country at war, entertainment increased. GIs hosted parties, charming many women in the process. But girls who spent too much time with GIs were sometimes called "Yankee bags" - and estimates suggest around 9,000 war babies were born out of wedlock as a result of these liaisons.
Many though,
especially women, loved American culture - the music and consumerism, and had a view of "America as an ideal" ROFLMAO
GIs, with their salaries, swish uniforms and flirtatious nature, symbolised the
"gradual dominance of the US in the alliance"
Hahahahahahahahahaha, God, do I love it so!! No wonder they're pissed at us and are always taking it out on us!!!!
I understand now, Father. There is no more mystery.
