WWII in Germany?

Question

how do history teachers and professors explain or present wwii in places like japan, italy and specially germany iam sure they dont just said we were the bad guys and thats it

Answer 1

Do your research with this in mind:History is selective and it all depends on who is writing it. There are video games in Japan with scenerios that imply that they won the war. The Germans don't talk about it. The best history there is was written by the common folk of that time:journals, letters, etc.
Some say the U.S. entered WWII to end the Holocaust(but the Russians liberated more Jews), others say it was because of the 'sneak' attack on Pearl Harbor(some say we had all the intelligence required to know they were coming). And still others say that because we were coming out of a depression, we needed to create jobs, what better way than a war to establish an economy based on tanks and planes and bullets? Eisenhower wanted to invade Russia and pre-empt the Cold War altogether but then who would we have to be afraid of and how would the industrial-military complex get PAID?

Answer 2

I once had a History teacher who gave a similar answer to a question I asked - and his lack of an explanation (like "We were the bad guys and that was it") only prompted me to look deeper into the history I wanted to know. This event was a lesson itself, and taught me that teachers - either through bias or their lack of knowledge - are fallible too.

Any teacher or professor in any country who presents such a simplistic view of their own history should not be teaching!

Answer 3

The Germans generally admited to their part in the war. They probably framed it such that it was the fault of the Nazis.

For Italy, they pretty much did the same except the blame was pinned on Mussolini.

Japan has pretty much refused to admit their war guilt. They still portray themselves as the victims (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and that they were forced into war because of the US embargo on raw materials. They felt they were fighting for survival. Today, several Asian countries, especially China and Korea still dislike Japan very much.

Answer 4

There is no subject taught more extensively in history lessons in Germany. It is taught in so much detail and to such an excess that pupils start to wonder why there is so little other interesting history worth teaching. And in addition to that, the subject is takled about in other lessons as well (like literature). And unlike other countries, Germany does not build memorials to "war heroes" who killed thousands of people, but to the victims and the resistance members.

I wonder how much is taught about the Vietnam war and other atrocities in US history in the States?

Answer 5

The Germans and Italians have largely come to terms with the fact the they were led by horrible regimes during WW2.
This is not necessarily so in Japan

Answer 6

Germany doesn't ever really talk about it, neither does japan they just (Germany) blames themselves for thier destruction. wierd i know and i don't know bout italy sry.