If you grew up during the cold war era in Mainland United States, this myth would have been taught to you extensively during your school years. That America, with help from there minion allied forces, drove out the Germans, Italians and Japanese soldiers from their offensive, to a defensive posture once they entered the war. This could be no further from the truth. While there is merit in the argument that America did the most in World War 2, they did not win it by themselves. It took them three years to enter the war, which by that time most of the Axis powers were on a defines. Sure, the U.S. slayed Japan in the Pacific Theatre of WW2, and have an important role in ending World War 2, without Russia defeating the Germans in the European Theatre, the war may have been lost. The truth is that Germany was inventing Nuclear weapons, which could have been used against the allied forces more ruthlessly than the U.S. used them.
Adolf Hitler, the mastermind behind Nazi Germany's success. His ideas were flawed, his reasoning was illogical, he was more luck than brains. Hitler failed his entrance exam to art school, which is like a Athlete failing track; and his war efforts were made with the help with all of his generals. He was no genius, and had someone kept him in jail longer, or been killed in World War 2, I'm sure World War 2 would have found some way of surfacing into society.
Adolf Hitler, the mastermind behind Nazi Germany's success. His ideas were flawed, his reasoning was illogical, he was more luck than brains. Hitler failed his entrance exam to art school, which is like a Athlete failing track; and his war efforts were made with the help with all of his generals. He was no genius, and had someone kept him in jail longer, or been killed in World War 2, I'm sure World War 2 would have found some way of surfacing into society.
Taught by American elementary teachers, as to bolster moral among there citizens during the Cold War, Russians are stupid! Battle of Moscow onwards shows the tactical savviness of the Soviet Union. There operations encircle forces, use the pincer offensives perfectly, destroy enemy lines, kill their armies and defeat the enemy. People think Russians are stupid, because they get drunk a lot. But when people celebrate victories, people get drunk, and because of all of there victories in WW2, they got drunk... A lot.
The Civil war was fought between the north and south in North America, mainland U.S. One major driving force, was the overwhelming majority of people in the north who wanted to abolish slavery, compared to the south who wanted it to stay. The north one, the south lost, and blacks were no longer slaves. Yet, they still were not treated the same. Many were blamed for the costly war that cost many American lives, others were still discriminated for the skin colour. It was only until after "To Kill a Mockingbird", the Vietnam War and "I believe" speech did equality become the law.
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for." ~ Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird.
Winston Churchill fought off the dangerous Germans, or at least kept them at bay, while they were air raided and bombed by night. Still they managed to build a good airforce, and keep England reasonably safe. It was only after WW2 ended, did the public realise that they didn't want this maniac and crazy person as there leader during peace time. They didn't want another war, let alone with the Soviet Union, who would have crushed them. Operation Unthinkable, which plan a: included launching a pre-emptive strike against there so called ally during WW2. Realising the lunacy of plans like this, the Admirals and Generals denied this request, and the English public booted him. Still, more than a half a century later people still consider him an inspiration while other people no him as a barking mad Prime Minister.
No The CIA did not invent crack cocaine, and they most certainly did not distribute it to the black community. The Kerry Committee found that Congress provided aid to the Contras, who were a rebel group, as aid, but they used the money to fund drug operations. In 1996 the Dark Alliance series spared national controversy, fuelling the myth and story. His website hit 1.3 million hits per day. Gary Webb, the journalist involved in this firestorm alleged that these crack sales increase came from CIA funded Contras. He never said that the CIA was directly involved in this, wether or not his accusations implied that point exactly. Paranoid people, and conspiracy nuts eat these stories up, but the fact is is that there is no basis for these accusations, and even if the Contras were involved, the CIA didn't fund crack cocaine developments directly, and they definitely didn't target the distribution at the black community.
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