It’s one of my fav wwii stories, can’t remember what rank the Japanese navy dude was but apparently the idea that Americans had an entire ship just for ice cream was a large factor in him calling to stand down
There was also a story of a German POW being served apple pie are being captured while not being served it by his own government for a while due to rationing.
WWII had ice cream delivered to Allies on beachfronts. It was apparently very demoralizing to the Axis
It’s one of my fav wwii stories, can’t remember what rank the Japanese navy dude was but apparently the idea that Americans had an entire ship just for ice cream was a large factor in him calling to stand down
There was also a story of a German POW being served apple pie are being captured while not being served it by his own government for a while due to rationing.