Can my Degree in History be a basis ??
I honestly don't think you would believe whatever I showed anyway. Fact is fact and you can't change it. Belief and opinion are totally different things.
Why hate the French for being defeated in WWII.
Why hate them because they do not want a war.
To cut a long story short, there were a LOT of German immigrants in the US at that time. The National Socialist movement was very, very strongly supported EVERYWHERE. Hitler DID have a lot of support across the world up until his invasion of Poland. That was the last straw. Even then, some countrys wanted to wait a bit longer. The British have always been strongly allied with the Prussians. This feeling was still strong, and Hitler was happy to ally with the UK. Against this, we did join the war because it became apparent that Hitler was trying to Anschluss all of Europe.
The US didn't want to get involved at first. They went into total isolationism, this destroyed their economy.
Britain asked the US to join, begged them at points.
The US did not want to join the war. In their opinion Europe was too far away and the thought it would sort itself out.
Their thoughts on this was that whoever won, they would resume trading with. If it was the Germans, then so be it.
The US was also quite involved in the research being carried out in Germany too, and many great things were coming from it. Fighter jets for instance.
This is why Albert Einstein went to America, and not elsewhere. It was easier because of the American-German ties. THis is also why so many Jews went to America too, because of the relationship.
It was when Hitler stabbed the Russians in the back that the allies began to win the war. Caught on two fronts, and not holding well in Africa, the German army was too thinly spread.
Sometime during this, the UK begged for support from the US and received some bombers, fighters, and pilots. The US wished to keep out of it still.
Then came Pearl Harbour ... and the rest, as we know, is history.
The liberators of the French in WWII, however, were the Allied Froces, not JUST the US.
For a very serious point, a lot of what is taught in the US schools is limited to be not just 'politically correct', but also for patriotic reasons.
The US has a great feeling of pratriotism. This cannot be denied and it is a very good thing.
However what is happening, is that this is being USED against you.
Look at the contempt for the French, look seriously at what it is based on. By this I mean what has been said recently to provoke it. Check those things out against the facts. Then you decide.
