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Except for the fact that the vast majority of black soldiers went home and were not deployed in Europe after Germany surrendered.
What does it matter if they were segregated on the battlefield or not, you think there were civilians on the battlefield?
Contrary to what you might believe. Natives in the colonies were not exactly rich. Even in France, during the 50's the amount of black individuals was measured in a couple of thousand. Not exactly a lot compared to the roughly 40 million french.
Your statement was that the majority of europeans in the 50's had seen black people with their own eyes. And that's just not true. I sure plenty had heard about them. Maybe seen pictures. But that's another thing.
I did not see a black person in real life until i was 16 in 2010 and traveled to Florida. And by then i had already traveled around Germany and France. I do not imagine the probability of bumping into one was higher in the 50's
I'm sorry, but I doubt this. I live in Germany myself and see several black people a day. Not usually something I track, but this conversation got me thinking so I paid extra attention during my normal commute. Germany does not collect racial demographics for obvious reasons, but France does. They've expirenced roughly a 3% increase in their black population from 2010 to today. Going from 3 to 6%.
If we assume at least a similar increase I find never real hard to believe. Like I don't really want to just call you a liar, but it's just statistically unlikely unless you avoided urban areas all that time.
Also this is an interesting read and touches on the exact solider relations I was talking about at least for Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Germans