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Sacpunch t1_j8k4pe1 wrote

Reply to comment by Averander in How an All-Black Female WWII Unit Saved Morale on the Battlefield | History by That-Situation-4262

To be fair Reddit has a problem with revisionist history.

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Averander t1_j8k5lui wrote

There's literally loads of minority groups that were in the wars that are ignored or only slowly being brought up like this now. Aboriginal units on the Australian front who were never properly acknowledged, African American soldiers who were never honoured. We could do the right thing and put these people in the books where they belong, rather than bury our heads in the sand. I don't see how it's a bad thing? I mean, doesn't it just show we can be better and do better?

I don't think I'll ever understand people!

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MrBlack103 t1_j8k6aao wrote

It continually astounds me how many people act surprised when they’re told a huge amount of the colonial powers’ manpower came from their colonies.

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Averander t1_j8ka3xu wrote

Not just colonies, but the native and usually heavily abused populations!

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