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Epic Fails in World History Skinny Poster

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What Makes Something an EPIC FAIL?

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Did you know that Austria once killed 10,000 of its own troops… accidentally? Or that President Truman bombed Japan due to a mistranslated word? Mistakes happen, but when it changes the course of world history, an oops turns into a complete EPIC FAIL!

13 x 38 inches. Laminated. All levels.

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Rick Hord
Middle School Social Studies Teacher

The "Epic Fail" is this poster for presenting opinion as fact. Very few historians believe Harry Truman decided to drop the atom bomb because of a mistranslation. The Japanese Prime Minister was quoted in a Japanese newspaper making an ambiguous statement that some (a minority) historians believe was misinterpreted. Regardless, Japan offered no response to the Potsdam Declaration other than that one ambiguous statement directed at the Japanese people; if there was an "epic fail" in this scene, it would be Japan for not responding, not Truman for failing to decode a cryptic response not intended for him. Keep reading the poster and you'll find that hastening the end of the Cold War also ranks as an "Epic Fail." Zero stars should be an option.

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Teacher's Discovery

Epic Fails in World History Skinny Poster

$10.99 $14.99

Did you know that Austria once killed 10,000 of its own troops… accidentally? Or that President Truman bombed Japan due to a mistranslated word? Mistakes happen, but when it changes the course of world history, an oops turns into a complete EPIC FAIL!

13 x 38 inches. Laminated. All levels.

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