“My guess would be that any remaining ‘instruction’ pertaining to WW2 would be couched in the notion that Great Britain was a co-aggressor and was ultimately responsible for the conflict,”
Interesting comment. I am a member of a British msn debate board. More than a few Brits in the group believe the US, UK, and France are responsible for starting WWII because the surrender terms imposed on Germany by the Allies after WWI led to conditions in which someone like Hitler could rise to power. Some of the Brits on the board view Churchill as a war criminal (the indiscriminate carpet bombing of German cities) and a racist. And they don`t view Neville Chamberlain as an appeaser. They argue that Chamberlain just tried to buy time so Britain could re-arm.
Personally, having spent quite some time in both places (during my youth), I always thought the Germans were the weak minded ones (subject to brainwashing on a national scale) and the Brits pretty much had their stuff together. How disappointing.
I have heard Germans verbalize regarding their “starving babies” after WWI. At which point, I remind them that, thanks to Germany, after WWI there were “babies” starving all over the planet! They think they had to pay a lot of reparations? Look at the reparations they levied against France after the Franco Prussian War. Like Hitler, they’re delusional. Perhaps its part of the national character. I certainly didn’t think it part of the Brit “character” though!
Interesting comment.
Thank you :-)
I am a member of a British msn debate board. More than a few Brits in the group believe the US, UK, and France are responsible for starting WWII because the surrender terms imposed on Germany by the Allies after WWI led to conditions in which someone like Hitler could rise to power. Some of the Brits on the board view Churchill as a war criminal (the indiscriminate carpet bombing of German cities) and a racist. And they don`t view Neville Chamberlain as an appeaser. They argue that Chamberlain just tried to buy time so Britain could re-arm.
I had intended my comment as a tongue-in-cheek hyperbolic bit of silliness, never thinking that there are actually people who REALLY believe that sort of idiocy. I suppose this is because I don't spend much time around Leftists....but I applaud your inner strength and resolve which I'm not so sure I would be able to maintain while being reasonably congenial among such loons. It seems that no matter how ludicrous a premise one might construct, there will always be a leftist hysteric who believes it.
Even though I try to keep up on news and politics in the UK as well as the USA, I confess that I was shocked at a number of utter, raving idiots who posted comments after some of the posted source articles on this issue as well as elsewhere
"He shouldn't be a reveared figure. "
"He was a great public speaker, nothing more. There is much more relevent stuff to be tought in schools." (stoat comment: Ummmm...like SPELLING, perhaps? 'snicker')
'Since Hitler, Stalin and Churchill were responsible for the deaths of more than 25 million people between them it makes you wonder what you have to do to get in the history books!!"
"Churchill was a crypto-fascist who advocated the use of chemical warfare on "uncivilised tribes".
"Once again another tyrant adorned in the clothes of democracy and freedom."
This was just a TINY sample....it keeps going on and on and on and on......