No, you missed the point. It was obviously American propaganda. :P On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you are all missing the point of the show. It chronicle's the > experiences of certain individuals who participated in the war, and > these people happen to be Americans. It is not to be taken as a complete > history of the war. Just like Band of Brothers is about one particular > company in the 101st Airborne. It only shows a piece of the bigger picture. > While it is true that in todays high school and college history classes, > the past is glossed over simply because there is so much to talk about > in such short time, if someone is truly interested in history, they can > major in the subject in college, and if they want to get into more > specifics, major in Military History as I am. > And while we are on the subject, even the books that are out that talk > about WWII are lacking. For instance, in my class Writing for History, I > did an essay on the battle of Saipan. I bet most on this list have never > even heard of Saipan or how significant it was to winning in the Pacific > theater. I only found two good detailed books on the battle while > conducting my research. Go to any B&N, Borders or browse Amazon and you > will mostly find books written about the European theater, not the > Pacific. Part of that reason is that the pacific was secondary to the > grand scheme of things. Funny how it was the Japanese that attacked and > declared war on us first, yet we made Europe a priority. > >
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