Many Germans, among other Europeans, were in POW camps here in Texas during WWII.
For a German soldier, that was like winning the lottery.
Yes, having Coca Cola and Blue Bell in a POW prison was kind of amazing.
When I was a kid I watched the WWII film “The Young Lions” on TV with my dad. It starred Marlon Brando as a German officer. There’s a scene where Brando’s character and another German are trying to escape capture from the Americans. My dad laughed at that. He said in real life they would have gladly surrendered to them.