"The Real Biggest Myths About World War II," Topic
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Tango01  | 26 Mar 2025 5:15 p.m. PST |
…According to a Military Historian
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GildasFacit  | 27 Mar 2025 2:22 a.m. PST |
… who seems to forget that the war started a long time before the USA joined in. |
| Red Jacket | 27 Mar 2025 9:33 a.m. PST |
I do not doubt that the "myths" he addresses are those most raised at the U.S. WWII Museum in New Orleans. I assume that historians at the Imperial War Museum in London or any other national museum would have different myths to address. I think his handling of the myths is facile. Then again, having made the mistake of buying modern Time publications in the past, the level of analysis may be a result of the publication as opposed to the historian. I cannot fathom how Time stays afloat. |
| mkenny | 27 Mar 2025 10:09 a.m. PST |
Author: Olivia B. Waxman
Waxman is a staff writer at TIME in the Entertainment section. She also covers all things History. Why would anyone think it was worth reading? |
| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2025 3:54 p.m. PST |
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| mildbill | 27 Mar 2025 4:05 p.m. PST |
The Swedes thought that El Alamein was a turning point. They switched from German to English in school. Midway, Kursk and D-Day were the turning points in my humble opinion. |
| John the OFM | 27 Mar 2025 5:59 p.m. PST |
Glup, indeed.
The usual BS clickbait nonsense. The reality is that anyone who knows anything about WW2, "The big one!" doesn't believe any of these myths.
Sure, ignorant people believe them, but so what? Who cares enough to dispute what ignorant people believe? |
| Wolfhag | 28 Mar 2025 6:37 a.m. PST |
Click bait:
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This could change everything ….. I think you get the idea. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 28 Mar 2025 3:50 p.m. PST |
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| Cuprum2 | 28 Mar 2025 8:13 p.m. PST |
mildbill, during World War II, Germany declared two official three-day mourning periods. The first time was when Paulus' 300,000-strong army was routed at Stalingrad. The second time was when the Soviet submarine S-13 sank the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff, which carried 918 cadets of the 2nd submarine training division. But this episode, of course, is difficult to classify as a turning point of the Second World War. |
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