PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoImagine making Patton look progressive 😬media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down11
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minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month ago there was a strange notion in WW2 that Black people were in some way ‘incapable’ of combat equal to the White Man™. That notion was not exclusive to WW2. Blacks fought in every American war, and faced this prejudice in every instance.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYeah, but it was unusually strong in WW2 considering the history. The most recent previous time Black American troops entered a war explicitly forbidden from combat positions was the US Civil War.
That notion was not exclusive to WW2. Blacks fought in every American war, and faced this prejudice in every instance.
Yeah, but it was unusually strong in WW2 considering the history. The most recent previous time Black American troops entered a war explicitly forbidden from combat positions was the US Civil War.