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Did you know... that Vin americanii! ("The Americans are coming!") was a slogan used by Romanians in the 1940s and '50s to express their hope that a US intervention would topple the Communist regime?
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From a logical point of view, it is likely that the need for a Western occupation would not happen until the 50's. Romanians in the 40's were a proud nation. For 10 years already, the schools and the media were controlled by the state, that pushed nationalist ideals. I find hard to believe that they will enjoy an Americans occupation, when it was the American bombardment that cleared the way for the Soviet occupation. The 1946 article, quoted inhere, shows just that - dismay at the thought of an American invasion. (In truth, Viaţa Românească's boss, Mihai Ralea, was a Soviet collaborationist - so I am surprised why would anyone bother mentioning him.) OK, the feeling might have been true for the 1950's (even then, the opposition to Communism was minute compared with Korea). What I find even less believable is the verbatim phrase. I never heard it before 1990's. Even then, I heard from the people that would claim legitimacy pretending they resisted Communism all the 50 years. This makes me believe it is made up. There are hundreds of words in this page, but not a single mention of the verbatim phrase in a source pre-dating the 1990's. There were hundreds of writers, journalists, dissidents, inside and outside the country, and there is no trace of this phrase. So how could be this "a slogan used in the 1940's", when one cannot find any proof of its use?Luci_Sandor16:00, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
