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  1. Knowledgeispower

    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Ah yes the idea that FDR would be willing to throw away thousands of experienced sailors and mutiple capital ships for no good reason when Japan attacking the Philippines like it inevitably would sometime in the near future(that or one U-boat incident too many) get the US involved in WWII. Also...
  2. Knowledgeispower

    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    The idea that the US wasn't preparing for WWII before Pearl Harbor. I hear it all the bloody time(well at least a few times a season) from people of my age group(sigh this why we really need better ways of teaching history in American public schools) and yet from people way older than me.
  3. Knowledgeispower

    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    The idea that Operation Catapult was a gross betrayal. Never mind that the UK and France had a binding agreement that if the French pulled out of the war the French Navy would sail to UK controlled ports to ensure that the ships stayed out of the hands of the Germans and Italians. And let's not...
  4. Knowledgeispower

    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Actually the debt incurred by the RN smashing slavery around the world was paid off in a couple years if I recall correctly. Also the men on said duty had a death rate five times higher than any other station in the RN
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