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The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge for being out of uniform.

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  • The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge for being out of uniform. In a confrontation on the street afterwards, a white MP shot and killed Private William Crossland. More military police then arrived armed with machine guns and grenades, and black soldiers armed themselves with rifles from their base armoury for protection. Both sides exchanged fire through the night. Although a court martial convicted 32 African American soldiers of mutiny and related crimes, poor leadership and the racist attitudes of the MPs was acknowledged as a cause. (en)
  • La bataille de Bamber Bridge est une flambée de violence raciale entre des militaires américains noirs et blancs stationnés dans le village britannique de (en), dans le Lancashire, en juin 1943. L'incident, qui s'est produit quelques jours après l' (en), a commencé lorsque la police militaire — des blancs — a tenté d'arrêter plusieurs soldats afro-américains du 1511e régiment de camions du corps de l'intendance de l'armée de terre — ségrégé racialement — au pub Ye Olde Hob Inn de Bamber Bridge. Après l'arrivée de plus de policiers militaires armés de mitrailleuses, les soldats noirs se sont armés de fusils issus de l'arsenal de leur base. Les deux groupes ont échangé des tirs toute la nuit. Un soldat a été tué et plusieurs autres blessés. Bien qu'une cour martiale ait condamné 32 soldats afro-américains pour mutinerie et crimes connexes, le manque de commandement et les attitudes racistes parmi les policiers militaires ont été blâmés comme cause des violences. (fr)
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  • Ye Olde Hob Inn, where the violence started (en)
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  • The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge for being out of uniform. (en)
  • La bataille de Bamber Bridge est une flambée de violence raciale entre des militaires américains noirs et blancs stationnés dans le village britannique de (en), dans le Lancashire, en juin 1943. L'incident, qui s'est produit quelques jours après l' (en), a commencé lorsque la police militaire — des blancs — a tenté d'arrêter plusieurs soldats afro-américains du 1511e régiment de camions du corps de l'intendance de l'armée de terre — ségrégé racialement — au pub Ye Olde Hob Inn de Bamber Bridge. (fr)
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