The Nazi occupation is still fresh in the minds of those who live on the West Coast of Norway - there are still ruins of German bunkers all over the place, even some unexploded bombs. I wonder how the authors thought they could get away with this.
Regards, Ivan
Ah, one of the most-distinguished and most-popular members of Free Republic dropped in; I am honored, sir.
I think the authors thought they could "get away" with this historical distortion because of their collective "mind-set," in which the world is, and was, the way they wished it to conform to their ideological mold.
You being British, and therefore acquainted with the story of Richard III, and how that was all messed up by politically-correct "historians," would understand this phenomenon exists.
What I found most interesting in this particular story from Norway is that it was the students themselves who DEMANDED accurate textbooks; usually kids (alas even here in Nebraska) just take whatever swill is dished out to them, in the form of "history."