• Lerios [hy/hym]
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    2 years ago

    I remember talking to an american once, and they were extremely surprised that we were taught formally in our history classes that the gulf of Tonkin incident (the boat sinking that the USA used as an excuse to go into Vietnam) was an inside job.

    Not only because an action of the USA was being openly spoken of as a false flag, but because they didn't cover the Vietnam war in their history classes.

    I'd imagine it's a similar situation.

    • BerserkPoster [none/use name]
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      I'm an American and I was taught that it was a false flag operation in class. It could have just been my history teacher though

    • Vampire [any]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      they didn’t cover the Vietnam war in their history classes

      wow

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The only thing we learned about history outside of Denmark was some actually quite decent classes on the French Revolution. Even WWII was reduced to just being about the German occupation of Denmark. If they even mentioned the Holocaust it was only in passing.

    • bigboopballs [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      in our history classes that the gulf of Tonkin incident (the boat sinking that the USA used as an excuse to go into Vietnam) was an inside job.

      what country? sounds based