Sorry - not explaining myself very well. What I meant was that history is written to fit in with the feeling of the times. The example I used was Mary Seacole who was a contemporary of Florence Nightingale. She was black and very well known at the time. Because of racial feelings she was 'expunged' from the history books for a long time, and only recently has been reconsidered as a famous person deserving of mention. In Victorian England she made the front pages of the newspapers, but was 'forgotten' for a long time.

It's the same with the wars - history is written by the victors, and just after the war there is a lot of propaganda written. It's only with hindsight that the truth emerges.