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TIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered " (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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[–] MummifiedClient5000 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To anyone confused by this: US used to be the good guys.

[–] juli@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is that why Hitler used US race laws to shape Nazi policies in Germany?

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model

[–] MummifiedClient5000 5 points 1 day ago

Well, it's definitely more correct to say that the US were perceived to be the good guys. Like cowboys that shoot native Americans in movies. Or cops.

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 1 points 2 days ago

Or, in this small specific historic context the US was one of the less-bad guys.