[Shara]

I was just getting bored of leaving Germany unopposed

[pedonbio]

I was just getting bored of leaving Germany unopposed

I suspect that within Europe there might be similar issues. Among the nations overrun by Germany, the most effective resistance movement, which probably shortened the war by half a year, was the German resistance. It was, however, Allied policy to treat all Germans the same, so its native resistance movements were ignored. On the other hand, on a per-capita basis, the Dutch and the Danes probably did the most to foil Germany's war effort simply by smuggling out prisoners who escaped from the Nazis. The French resistance was, to put it kindly, a mess.

[Shara]

but they had to deal with the jew-hunter

[SamV]

Shara, much though it is fashionable to tsk-tsk these results, I think it is more likely to prove that 26% of Americans tend to say "Fuck this shit" when questioned by pollsters.

Statisticians would put such an answer down as non-responsive and not include it in the final results.

But then it's a good thing we have so many people who are so clueless about their own history, government, politics, etc.

After all, where would Jay Leno get the contestants for his Jaywalk All-star game show. 
 

[brakblake]

mmm yes, I did notice that even mentioning hiroshima is out of order with the Japanese, on a sidenote the French history books do make mention of you guys though

In my experience....the Japanese students that I interacted with at my university were actually quite interested in the nuclear bomb and the Trinity site (Gotta love going to college within a 3 hour drive from there) and they have no problem talking about it (Hell...most of the 25 or so students that were there on an exchange made sure ot go and visit the Trinity site this past spring)....though it kinda changes when you have to stand up in front of a class of American students and give a presentation on something in not your first language.

But I wont deny hearing about both Hiroshima and Nagasaki being on the taboo list out in Japan.

[Shara]

from the Japanese people I met and brought up the subject with I got a 100% ignore-response

[JeffSmit9]

My friend says an early Happy Fourth!