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> Many years later I learned that the Allied discourse of "the good and the bad people" was an heavy (re) writing of history. I agree that that was heavily the
by taway_1212 9y ago
> Many years later I learned that the Allied discourse of "the good and the bad people" was an heavy (re) writing of history.
I agree that that was heavily the case on the Eastern front (with the Allies doing heavy cover-ups for USSR genocides so that they are not associated with a "bad guy"), but how did that happen on the Western front?
- JPLeRouzic 9y agoThat is what I point out in my previous replies. You can look also at: * US (Roosevelt) planned for nearly destruction of after war Germany, fortunately Hoover stopped that policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_plans_for_German_industry_after_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_plans_for_German_indust... * Living with 1200 calories per day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_in_occupied_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_in_occupied_Germany * Another strange behavior is that Allied forces imposed to De Gaulle to "whitewash" its troops before entering Paris. I suppose it was a only trick to make it impossible for French troops to enter in Paris without having to refuse bluntly, but that shows that the demand of "having only white soldiers" was considered to be perfectly normal and acceptable by UK and US forces. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7984436.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7984436.stm