Estimated 190000 German Women Raped by US Soldiers After WWII
Estimated 190000 German Women Raped by US Soldiers After WWII US rape of german women 1945 - A US Professor estimates the number of rapes committed by U.S. servicemen in Germany to be 11,000. As in the case of the American occupation of France after the D-Day invasion, many of the American rapes in Germany in 1945 were gang rapes committed by armed soldiers at gunpoint. A recent number given by a German historian gives the number of victims as high as 190,000 women. Robert Lilly estimates the number of rapes committed by U.S. servicemen in Germany to be 11,040. However, extensive research by German historian Miriam Gebhardt suggests a number as high as 190,000 (or roughly 5% of the estimated post-war births in Germany) due to rape by American soldiers. As Allied troops entered and occupied German territory during the later stages of World War II, mass rapes of women took place both in connection with combat operations and during the subsequent occupation of Germany. Scholars agree that...