I do think the general opinion on the Nuremberg trials in my high school class was “lock them up and throw away the key,” I really don’t know how you mess that one up.
However, they did teach us that WW2 started when the USSR and Germany formed an alliance to invade and divide Poland. And they did have us debate if dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was justified, with most coming to the conclusion of “Yes” because they told us plainly that more people would’ve died if we didn’t use them.
the counter argument was the "killing a nazi, makes you a nazi" and that they were just following orders, and that they just wanted to not be poor anymore.
yeah we were taught that "Stalin was the lesser of two evils" and that dropping the nuke was objectively good.
I remember being the only person in my class that thought bombing civilians in Japan wasn't justified. It was like that was a bizarre opinion to have, I got looked at as if I said the sky was green and grass was blue.
I do think the general opinion on the Nuremberg trials in my high school class was “lock them up and throw away the key,” I really don’t know how you mess that one up.
However, they did teach us that WW2 started when the USSR and Germany formed an alliance to invade and divide Poland. And they did have us debate if dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was justified, with most coming to the conclusion of “Yes” because they told us plainly that more people would’ve died if we didn’t use them.
the counter argument was the "killing a nazi, makes you a nazi" and that they were just following orders, and that they just wanted to not be poor anymore.
yeah we were taught that "Stalin was the lesser of two evils" and that dropping the nuke was objectively good.
Bzzzt wrongo
I remember being the only person in my class that thought bombing civilians in Japan wasn't justified. It was like that was a bizarre opinion to have, I got looked at as if I said the sky was green and grass was blue.