I think you'll find some Europeans speak German...
Yeah, but right now you have the choice. Back in the thirties and forties...
I might also point out that the Russians were on our side.
Tell that to the Czechs, the Poles, the East Germans, etc... Many Europeans like to forget that they have had all of the money they've used to wreck their economies (through cradle-to-grave socialist nonsense) because they haven't had to foot much of the bill for their own defense since the forties. Throughout the Cold War it was American bases and American soldiers that kept Europe safe from the USSR. But, hey, what's billions and billions of dollars of American money spent to keep Europe democratic and (sort of) free? Though I must admit a bit of humor every time we go to close a base in Europe (which I'm all for... you've had 50+ years to grow up) and the locals in that town (who were busy protesting American "imperialism" yesterday) go nuts because of the economic hit they're going to take...