Why Everything You Know About World War II Is Wrong

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[–]SMCAB 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The victors (Zionists) write history.

[–]SierraKiloBravo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most people have a surface understanding of WW2 based on a "good guys" and "bad guys" mentality. The truth is there is so many more grey areas. The Japanese didn't suddenly turn up in the sky over Pearl Harbour one day in an unprovoked attack, there were months and years of political shenanigans that led up to it. But most people are not interested in learning about that, they want a nice simple good guy / bad guy narrative that is easy to digest.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read that Ron Unz essay. What a fascinating mix of genuine fact, half-truths, distortions, and strawmen.

If I had to rank it on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is a complete tissue of lies and fabrications ("Donald Trump is a Russian spy! Saddam Hussein attacked the Twin Towers!") and 10 is as close to pure truth as is humanly possible (the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth), I'd put it about 7 or 8: mostly true but with a fair amount of spin that makes it a bit misleading.

Needless to say, no, not everything I know about WW2 is wrong.

Sure, if you're one of the hoi polloi who think that Hitler was uniquely evil and solely responsible for everything bad that happened in WW2, and wanted to "conquer the world", and the allies pure innocent, then you might learn a few unpleasant truths. But anyone with serious knowledge of WW2 will already know that (e.g.) Hitler admired the British and hoped that they would ally with Germany.