The winners write history.
Not necessarily the truth, but a version of events concocted by the people controlling the information and manufacturing the narratives.
You shouldn’t think of history as truth. It’s a story. A perspective. Possibly containing fragments of truth. An indicator of agendas. Maybe clues to who is in power.
History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte
History would be a wonderful thing, if only it were true. – Leo Tolstoy.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. – Oscar Wilde