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Originally Posted by Oberon
This is true, when I went through the education system in the UK there was scant mention of Mers-el-Kébir.
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In the U.S we dont spend a terrible amount of time on WW2, we spend, in total, maybe a month covering it, and that is spread out over something around 3-4 history classes (8th grade history, World history, and U.S history for me is when i covered world war two) that essentially teach the exact same thing. For instance, World History teaches the same things, and for the same amount of time, when covering WW2 as U.S history does. i took a WW2 class as an elective, it was horribly easy and i barely learned anything new, except for some interesting little facts here and there, such as how the russians would teach dogs to get their food/reward from underneath tanks, then strap them with explosives and send them at the germans.
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