How do I know that what I learned in History it's true, if is written by the ones that won the wars?

Answer 1

So let us be the ones that write history.

Answer 2

You hit the nail on the head. History is written by the winners. But there is information available, if you dig for a while. In the 80's a english scholl teacher wrote an articel about his hobby, research of D-day. He found, that the US Army had lost 80% of their claimed casualties a week earlier at a messed up test landing in England. He dived at the site and found all the missing tanks and equipment, which couldn't be found on the d-day site. Searching for military archives in new york, he found paperwork about that too. Newer is the 15 brit sailor, Capt. Chris Air, one of the caught guys said in an interview with an english paper a week earlier, he was going on a spy mission with his team in Iranian waters. Another one is the story about the unbelievable resistance from the Germans, fighting the western Allies from D-day on until the end of the war. Patton had given clear instructions to his Generals to wait on the Rhine, for the Russians to be first in Berlin. Other then a couple of hard line Nazis, everybody in Germany in 44 wanted that war over. The only fear they had, was, to be taken over by the Russian rag tag rapist/murders, who called themselves an army. The US made this way sure, that the cold war started and caused 100 times more blood sheet, death and destruction then WW2 (Stalin killed 30 million civilians inhis own country alone). There is a lot of stuff, which is not written in USA publications. Censorship got even worse, after Mike Powell (big Powells son), as head of a commisson allowed Rupert Murdoch, who got Bush into power, to own most of USA News channels and Papers. Rupert Murdoch owns Australian, English and US news and he is a bush fan. Sorry - check spelling didn't work.

Answer 3

History is the past. The past is a memory and is remembered differently by each participant. Those who were not even participants but provide an opinion know even less. Work on the basis that the past does not exist, only the present exists and the future is yours to do as you wish. History is precisely as you say a misdescription based on the views of the writer. Once a moment has passed it is open to abuse. I am not suggesting that history is unimportant, merely that there is little to be gained from believing one set of views over another.

Answer 4

A very well put question.

Personally, I believe most history is written to convey a message whether it be the author's politics or religious beliefs. Sometimes historical details are useful in avoiding a repeat of catastrophes. But the bases for why events occurred is almost always skewed to justify some immoral or criminal activity.

During my short time on this planet, I have often heard at least two version of most major events in history. Suffice it to say that history is not truth.

Answer 5

HISTORY or HIS STORY, some parts of history have been told by many people, some about the same thing, if we both went on a car trip and then taken into different rooms our story about it would be different, history gives us some idea of what took place in the past, and unfortunately we may never know the truth.

Answer 6

Man, I would worry more about the intentions of those who got you thinking history didn't really happen..

How do you know who won the war then?.. I would just ignore the whole history of the world, because there is a lier in your midst who will take off your head someday if you don't..

Good luck..

Answer 7

you sometimes really can't tell. Sometimes it could be true and other times it might not be true. I guess you have to check at the library or ask someone who had a relative during the war(s). It may be that the truth was stretched to make it seem like we were the best nation during wars.

Answer 8

Because in their point of view, that was the way they perceived it to be. Everyone has their own thoughts on the way things actually happened.

Answer 9

thats the same reason why there are so many sues for deciding who is real father.

Answer 10

You don't.Henry Ford said:"History is bunk",& he was right.