Victor Davis Hanson: WWII Revisionists Went Too Far With 'We Should’ve Sided With Hitler' Claim Should America have sided with Hitler in World War II? Some modern revisionists think so. Recently, a Cornell professor claimed the U.S. was on the “wrong side” of history by allying with the Soviet Union instead of Germany. In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson dismantles three major claims behind this revisionist argument—debunking myths about Soviet treatment of America