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Canada is literally right above the U.S. and yet the only thing I know about its history is: A. The War of 1812 began because we wanted to "help" Canada gain its independence when, at the time, they didn't want to be independent. And B. They were a part of the Allied forces during WWII.
Actually, that makes me wonder what the differences are between learning about WWII in the Allied nations compared to the Axis nations. Like, here in America we seem to love to brag about how great we were and usually spend months learning about the war, but how long do schools in Germany, Italy, and Japan spend on the topic? I'd imagine it wouldn't be something any educator would enjoy discussing and would probably be glossed over like schools do here when talking about thopics like the eugenics movement, but at the same time it was a pretty large and far-reaching event. And do they have different names for the factions? Pyro, do you mind sating my curiosity?
Well, here in Germany we spend almost no time on the actual war. Most of it is how the war actually started and, of course, how the holocaust happened, including a mandatory visit to one of the death camps for students in grade 9. We talk about the people during the war, the lack of enthusiasm for war in Germany, even though we were winning at first. And then the bombings happened. And the bombings have a lot of relevance, because almost all of our grandparents were in some way victims of the bombings, lost at least one family member to the allied bombers, dive bombers and napalm runs. It is such a big topic and has relevance even today, because, just a week ago, a 250kg bomb, dropped from an american bomber, was found just a few meters down the road I live in. And last year a 1000kg bomb exploded in a lively neighbourhood in a giant ball of flame, on the other side of town from me, though.
Otherwise we focus on politics. How did the Nazis actually manage to gain power and how did they divide it up when Hitler took over.
"Never shall it be repeated", is the motto here.
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