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Bookmark or Share- Review of Geoffrey Wawro's "Sons of Freedom: The ... - History ForumGerman officers interrogating US prisoners were struck by their resolve and idealism, which the Germans dismissed as naivete. After questioning Americans captured near Jaulgonne, a German officer praised their courage but scoffed at their rationale for fighting: "They say they've come here to defend their country."
- German guilt or German hypocrisy? | Page 3 | History ForumI would contrast the Yasukuni shrine issue with the Bitburg issue from the 80s, where Reagan visited a German military cemetery, where there were SS war dead. The Japanese in my view aren't trying to rub it in anyone's face - and it is about 1,000 "war criminals" remembered vs. 2,500,000 or so regular troops.
- Would the Entente forces have won World War I without ... - History ForumAnd the German GHQ had fought the war like it did up to that point precisely to engage in a huge war-winning offensive on the Western Front. If the Americans aren't coming, so much the better. If they are going to do this differently, that requires the German GHQ to conclude that their entire strategy for the war up to that point had been ...
- Was the US worse in some aspects than Nazi Germany?Early interactions were rife with cooperation, trade, shared ideas, etc., and the Native Americans taught the settlers how to travel, hunt and farm in ways suited to the local environments. In turn, Native Americans benefited with their involvement with the European market (particularly the fur trade), procuring superior metals, firearms, tools ...
- Was the US worse in some aspects than Nazi Germany?The Internment of Japanese Americans should be compared with the treatment of the German Americans and the Italian Americans during the war. A very low number of representatives of these two ethnic groups living in mainland USA ended up in the camps in comparison with what happened to the Japanese Americans, hence the accusations of 'racism'.
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