Yeah I can see how close they were to speaking German, would make them not want to make the same mistake again. I also tend to think of WWII as being far back in history and the 1950's were just a few years after WWII ended. My mind also tends to think that the Soviets and the US relations were closer because of WWII than they actually were. Seemed like we went from being Allies to Cold War overnight but I guess we weren't Allies that were that close. Just Allies that had a common enemy.
Still, there is a lot of Com Bloc Surplus on this side of the pond!
