Little America base versions trace to the post-WWII occupation of Germany

Evidence

Understanding how the Little Americas became so complete that one can shop for German souvenirs on base requires going back to the arrival of U.S. troops in Germany at the end of World War II. At the time, Germany was in chaos. Most of the country’s cities and towns had been battered by the war. Some were in near total ruin. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 115

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 115
• XREF: connects to: The militarized suburban base lifestyle originated as a 1940s response to occupation tensions
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The militarized suburban base lifestyle originated as a 1940s response to occupation tensions