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The Biggest Myths About World War II, According to a Military Historian
- rawgabbit 6y agoMyth: President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance Myth: Erwin Rommel a.k.a. “the Desert Fox” was the greatest German general of all time Myth: Hitler was solely to blame for the German defeat in World War Myth: Japan could have won World War II, if only the Japanese had bombed the oil depots at Pearl Harbor in addition to the ships Myth: There was a turning point in World War II
- ggm 6y agoThe bigger myth unstated here, is the peculiarly british one: "britain won the war" -with a strongly implied ... "alone" firstly, it didn't. secondly, it was never "alone" because most of the commonwealth had legal rights not to join in, but did. thirdly, it survived on the smell of an oily rag until its finances held as gold in the usa ran down, and then had to sell off most of its carribean bases to the US on long lease but did get US aide to survive until pearl harbour made things moot. "enigma won the war" is a modern myth. It probably shortened it. A lot.