Weird History
How World War II Is Taught Around The World
2024 • E46 Apr 14, 2024 9m
It's not surprising that WWII, as a global conflict, is taught differently in different countries. Each nation's education system tends to view the conflict in the context of its own backyard, or in the places where its own soldiers were placed in harm's way. Moreover, nations that history has deemed the "villains" of the conflict (primarily Germany, Italy, and Japan) must reckon with the history in a different way from those who view their part in the struggle as a source of great pride (particularly the US, the UK, and Russia).