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That the need to defeat Japan was a mere footnote to the "real story of the war," the need to defeat Nazism. Ten million dead Chinese would disagree with that.
Exactly.
That the need to defeat Japan was a mere footnote to the "real story of the war," the need to defeat Nazism. Ten million dead Chinese would disagree with that.
It's also worth noting that although the Poles did have mounted cavalry at the time of the blitzkrieg, that was not their sole form of resistance. The Polish troops were simply outnumbered and outgunned, not necessarily "backwards and old fashioned" as often remarked. Even the Germans still used horses to move some gunnery, etc.
The Chinese didn't write the history books.That the need to defeat Japan was a mere footnote to the "real story of the war," the need to defeat Nazism. Ten million dead Chinese would disagree with that.
The Chinese didn't write the history books.
A story from my father:
Large numbers of surrrendering Italians created such logistical problems that a single US guard was assigned per truckload of Italians being transported. He remembered handing his rifle up to a prisoner at the back of truck, then climbing aboard himself and retrieving his weapon.
Uh, I already basically covered that further back, but not as bluntly.
I do not ever, ever, ever believe...that the US just decided to come in when the time was JUST right for them to take all the glory. And neither do I believe that they all wanted to go to war. These days people tend to forget the isolationist tendencies that existed in the 'States during the 1930s. They already got themselves involved in one war that they didn't consider their fight, and they damn well weren't getting themselves involved in another war that they didn't consider their fight. THAT was why they kept out.
They joined IN because they finally woke up to the fact that if they didn't go to war, the war would come to them, no matter how isolationist and "not our business" they wanted to be. It had nothing at all to do with America "charging in to save the day!!!". They came in because they were FORCED to, because they had no other choice. It's got nothing to do with taking the glory and trying to save everyone else from hell.
What is really interesting is the treatment received by German-Americans right before and during World War I. It effectively wiped out the very obvious signs of German culture for quite a few years and assimilated Germans into the "American" culture. I wonder if there wasn't a fear of this happening again when WW2 arrived.