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May 11, 2007

QotD: World War 2

Winning WWII was the ultimate joint effort. But if you go to school in America, you graduate with the impression that the United States was 90% of that victory.

Our version paints Great Britain as a plucky and resourceful holdout against Hitler, on the verge of falling. Russia is portrayed as a bunch of hobos with flintlock rifles who got lucky because the Nazis didn't have warm coats. The French are presented as beret-wearing cheese-eaters taking German lessons.

Scott Adams, "Who Won WWII?", The Dilbert Blog, 2007-05-06

Posted by Nicholas at May 11, 2007 09:47 AM
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