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26 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Racial violence has broken out in UK between white & black American servicemen stationed in Lancashire: "Battle of Bamber Bridge" starts as US military police attempted to arrest African American soldiers in a local pub, only to be attacked by British locals & other black troops.
British locals have rejected American attempts to import racial segregation: told that they shouldn't allow African Americans to mix with whites, three pubs in Bamber Bridge have put up "Black troops only" signs.
After white American MPs were driven out of the Ye Old Hob Inn, Lancashire, by black GIs, British locals & soldiers, they returned armed, driving a jeep mounted with a heavy machine gun. Ensuing firefight has seen 7 US soldiers injured & one black GI killed.
39 black American soldiers have been arrested for "rioting" & "mutiny" in Bamber Bridge; US commanders privately blame racist white US officers & military police for harassing & using racial slurs against their men.

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