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Originally Posted by tools4fools
I'm not surprised that you see no altering and bending of history since WW II looking at how biased you are and how one sided you look at things.
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Me biased?
Hardly..
All I am trying to do is and add some balance to the 'biased' history channel type of history..
Where the history channel type of history is the type of history that 'sells'..
And what seems to 'sell' these days is the notion that the Germans were in some way 'special' compared to the rest of the world. It was this notion (the master race) that got them into trouble in the first place! Combined that notion with the Americans love of the underdog and you end up with this very strange kind of German worship. To make it worse, the skin head types here in the states take this warped type of history to justify some of what they do.. This is why I think it is so important to dispel this notion that the Germans were in some way 'special' compared to the rest of the world.
But I digress
As to my point, from the start
Ask your average history channel watcher what was it about the Me262 design that made it 'so revolutionary' and you can be 99 out of 100 will mention the swept wings.
Why?
Well because the history channel types of history always stop short of pointing out the FACT that the swept wings were not intentional and that they were swept to correct the cg.. Because that FACT does not fall into the story line that sells, that the Germans were 'special' in some way.
They were NOT.
The only real edge the Germans had over the rest of the world was the FACT that they knew in the 30s what they had planned for the 40s. Which gave them a good 5+ year RnD head start over the rest of the world.
PS I should point out that I am what one can call a full blooded German. That is to say I am an American, but, my grand parents on both sides of my family came from Germany. I also lived in Germany for many years.. So what I have to say about the Germans is not some sort of hatred for the Germans, nor is it some fear of the Germans rising up again. I just think it is important to get history right.