Common misconceptions about World War II

Misconceptions about World War II
The United States liberated prisoners from Auschwitz

Auschwitz is the largest concentration camp established by the Nazis, and is the site of the extermination of about 1.1 million prisoners during the war. While most people believe that US soldiers liberated Auschwitz prisoners in 1945, in fact, it was the Soviet army that did the job, and they were the first to liberate a concentration camp the previous year to free the prisoners of Auschwitz.

Joseph Mengel was in charge of Auschwitz

Dr. Joseph Mengel was considered the head of evil in Auschwitz. It is true that he carried out brutal acts of prisoners there, but these actions did not rise to the level of absolute evil imagined by people. He was just one of several doctors working in detention.

The French army was the first to surrender in wars

Another rumor was that the French army during the Second World War was that France was the first to surrender in wars. In fact, the war fought by the French army was harder than expected and under an unusual strategy.
It can not be denied that about 200,000 people were killed and 400,000 injured during the war in the French army alone.

America is the one who won the war

Although America celebrates annually in October the alleged victory in World War II, the fact is that the Nazi army put most of its military strength on the eastern front of the war, not the Western one.
Where the Soviets thickened the Nazi army and inflicted much destruction and retaliation against the western front.

Churchill was a hero in his people

Although Winston Churchill had a lot of respect and attention at that time in Britain, many thought that Churchill was a man for this stage only and did not suit others.
In fact, they have believed! A few months after the end of the war, he lost the election and was not a prime minister in 1945.

Germany was afraid of war

Another rumor that has long spread and was believed by many is that Germany was not making military moves so as not to aggravate the situation. But the truth was that she was as fierce as her enemies!
The most striking example of this is the air strikes launched by Lautova on London, with the United States and Britain receiving heavy aerial bombardment of other areas controlled by the Axis forces.
During these German attacks, some 20,000 civilians were killed in London. Counter-attacks have killed more people in Hamburg.

The war was limited only to Europe and the Pacific

Despite the attempt to reduce the scope of the Second World War, many armies from different countries did not know that they really participated! The Indian and Thai armies, along with the coalition forces in Southeast Asia, were sent to Japanese troops