With the 65th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, France, taking place yesterday, columnist Eric Margolis files a report in today's Toronto Sun newspaper on some misconceptions about World War 2, titled "War History Lost in the Myths". He outlines four of these and offers his take on the events...
http://torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2009/06/07/9703136-sun.html
What is interesting to the link above is not just the article (about an issue I perhaps know too much about and one of the few things I know anything much about) but the comments underneath. I'm not sure, but I think the newspapers' online versions have been doing a "comments" section underneath any given article for the last few months, now. (In all honesty I never noticed before then.)
At any rate, a couple of the commenters on this particular piece provide not only the typical angry right-wing response but indicate a thorough lack of "reading comprehension". A variety of opinion, or opposing views, is always welcome, but, and it's a big one, read and understand what specific story you are commenting on, especially if you are going to take a contrary perspective. A lot of these people need to reread Margolis' story. (You don't have to agree with everything the writer says. I don't.)
An excellent and eye-opening book (which will encourage more reading) on what Eric Margolis is speaking of in this column, is Len Deighton's Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look At World War II.
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