war brides
Soldiers' foreign wives
War brides are women who marry foreign military personnel during wartime, typically emigrating to their spouse's home country after the conflict ends.
The term most often refers to European and Asian women who married American or Allied servicemen during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars: Thousands of war brides arrived in the United States after 1945.
Military personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- servicemenMembers of armed forces
- military baseArmed forces facility
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
barracks · uniform · overseas · occupation · allied forces · stationed · leave · furlough
After hostilities end
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
archives · testimonies · memorabilia · displacement · adaptation · rationing · correspondence · courtship
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- journeyTravel from place to place
voyage · ship · citizenship · visa · naturalization · sponsorship · quotas · paperwork
Involving multiple societies
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- language barrierMutual incomprehension across tongues
- integrationCombining into a whole
bicultural · traditions · customs · identity · belonging · acceptance · prejudice · discrimination
soldiers
Military personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- servicemenMembers of armed forces
- military baseArmed forces facility
deployment · barracks · uniform · overseas · occupation · allied forces · stationed · leave · furlough · regiment
postwar
After hostilities end
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
legislation · archives · testimonies · memorabilia · displacement · adaptation · rationing · correspondence · courtship · nostalgia
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
journey · voyage · ship · citizenship · visa · naturalization · sponsorship · quotas · paperwork · processing
cross-cultural
Involving multiple societies
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- language barrierMutual incomprehension across tongues
integration · bicultural · traditions · customs · identity · belonging · acceptance · prejudice · discrimination · mixed heritage
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- British Emigrationexpat communities, economic migrants, colonial settlers, transportation, Mayflower
- Canadian WartimeCanadian Army, D-Day, enlistment, home front, homefront
- Expatriatesexpats, emigres, permanent residents, green card holders, foreign workers
- immigrant identityimmigrant experience, immigrant identity, dual identity, hybrid identity, hyphenated identity
war bridessociety weddings
Prestigious matrimonial events
war, bride, wars, warred, warring, warrior, warriors, warlike, wartime