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The long term legacy of the USAAF.

The long term legacy of the USAAF. By the end of this lesson you will be able to explain the long term legacy of the USAAF. Long term Legacy. Economic effects of 180 airfields. Industrial areas. Like Eye Airfield ? Continued American presence Mildenhall/Lakenheath- effect on economy?

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The long term legacy of the USAAF.

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  1. The long term legacy of the USAAF. By the end of this lesson you will be able to explain the long term legacy of the USAAF.

  2. Long term Legacy. • Economic effects of 180 airfields. Industrial areas. Like Eye Airfield? • Continued American presence Mildenhall/Lakenheath- effect on economy? • Museums (Thorpe Abbots) • Memorials (i.e. Madingley Cemetry in Cambridge.) • Memorial Library • Family connections. GI brides? • Clubs and assoc (Buddies of the ninth/Friends of the eighth) • American tourism. • Crash sites • The ‘special relationship’ • Brown Babies/ relationships etc

  3. Eye Airfield.A good example. £1/2 million cash injection into the local area. Industrial expansion. 30 firms, hundreds of jobs. Help to reverse the decline in agricultural jobs and unemployment. Long term physical changes. The tower at Eye airfield.

  4. Task. • Using your previous notes describe examples of all the categories of long term legacies of the USAAF in our area.

  5. The Questions • Whyandhow did the Americans use bases in North Suffolk and South Norfolk in the war against Germany between 1942 and 1945? • Describeandanalyse the impact the Americans had upon the local areaand its communities during the war years. • Analyse the long term effectsandchanges brought about in the local areaand its communitiessince 1945 as a result of the Americans’ wartime stay.

  6. Whyandhow did the Americans use bases in North Suffolk and South Norfolk in the war against Germany between 1942 and 1945?

  7. Describeandanalyse the impact the Americans had upon the local areaand its communities during the war years.

  8. Analyse the long termeffectsandchanges brought about in the local areaand its communitiessince 1945 as a result of the Americans’ wartime stay.

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