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History written by the i like to say to the winners go the history. Theyre the ones telling the story. All right . Unless theyre doing this in war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. All right. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of patriots, American Revolution stuff. Had you read the spring chapter to get the british perspective. Their version is a little different. What other challenges do you run into . Kate . Uncertainty who won what battle and all that stuff. You do run into some uncertainties. Again, lots of different perspectives here. You may have some bias. Generals like to make themselves look good. Wars are nice for promotion. So, yeah. Got to be really careful about your sources. As historians you know not to take everything at face value and military guys, generals, officers doesnt mean theyre always right. Anything else . Other things . Okay. A ....
Different than duck hunting. So youve got to give the men practice. They would each get two flights before they were sent overseas as gunners but youd have women often flying these planes this is a shot of two women flying this b17 while it shoots at the target of the other plane. This is live ammunition, of course. It is no good to use fake. Live ammunition, color coded bullets. They did this with a wide variety of different planes. These women served as civilians until the 1970s when they started a Grass Roots Campaign to be recognized as veterans. Its an incredible campaign, and they finally were given veterans benefits. This is at the congress after they testified. This is 1977 when president carter finally recognized them as veterans in the United States. All of their papers are here if you want to serve as interns in the womens collection, we have that. And you can ....
To the winners go the history. What they end up doing, they are the ones will tell the story. This is the way it usually works. You usually get their perspective. We will see that a lot in this war. You have a lot of the American Revolution stuff. I had you ring read the spring chapter to get the british perspective. The resent a lot of. I it is very chaotic. You are going to walk in with a plan. Yes, you are going to have certain object is. Like we were talking about with the battle of bungler health bunker hill, who won . Im not really sure. We will run into that a lot here. Wars are messy. Battles are challenging. We are not sure how things change up. Everybodys perspective is different depending on where you are at. If you are on the front lines, it will be different than a general sitting on a horse back on the hill. Anything else, other problems . Differences in how battles are fought over time. Sure. You have to rememb ....
And british forces. This is just over an hour. When we last met, you all declared independence. So that means we have to go to war. And so in order to do that, we need to refer to our troops, train them, drill them, arm them, all those sorts of good things. Before we do that, i want to talk just briefly about military history in general. Were going to set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks, its military history all full go. So heres the thing. Theres certain challenges that folks who study military history are going to encounter. Like what . What are things you can see them have problems running into . History being written by the witnesses. Yeah. I like to change it up and say to the winners goy to history because what they end up doing is they are the ones who are going to tell the story. Unless youre doing the civil war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of ....
History in general. Were going to set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks, its military history all full go. All right . So, heres the thing. There are certain challenges that folks who study military history are going to encounter. Like what . What are some of the things you can see military historian s having problems with . One or two. History being written by the witnesses. Yeah. I like to change it up and say to the winners goy to history because what they end up doing is theyre the ones who are going to tell the story, right . Of course, unless youre doing the civil war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. All right. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of the patriots, a lot of American Revolution stuff. All right. One of the reasons i had you read the spring chapter was to get the british perspective because their version is just a ....