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I find this so interesting. In the US history books in the 90s, it basically says the US was main reason why the Allies won.
The books basically ignore when we joined in the war, how many people died, and made it seem like we were the only ones able to take down the Nazis. And Blowing up not 1 but 2 cities in Japan was justified because less Allies soldiers died.
You guys also ignore the concentration camps on your side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9066
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei
EDIT : The brits also ignore their concentration camps... in south africa... the ORIGINAL concentration camps.
The 90s history books made it seem like the Japanese concentration camps were a temporary vacation. Once everything was cleared up, they would be able to go home.
What they didn't mention was the conditions on the camps were horrible. They didn't include the propaganda against Japanese Americans. When the Japanese Americans went home, their homes and business were often destroyed. Trying to live like normal Americans was basically impossible by the amount of racism they received. Land of the free I guess.