let me break it down for ya
I'm willing to bet that Russia and the Eastern Front were not mentioned at all, because again, dirty commies.
You'd lose that bet my friend. Each county of each state in the US generally has their own curriculum and because we have to cover the cold war the ruskies are mentions, mainly the battle of stalingrad, kiev, and berlin. Also because of the negotiations with US UK and USSR they get mentioned a bit (as they are the "big 3" allied powers). China is only mentioned with he rape of Nanking which prompted the US to cut exports to japan (which in turn lead to the japanese attacking the US). Mind you this is just what I remember in highschool. College is VERY different and outs to teach everything about everything (even took an entire class on the Chinese revolutions in the 20th century myself) and being a history buff I know waaaayyy more than they teach in high school.
Not to mention, Americans are extremely ethnocentric when it comes to their contributions in wars.
eh not really just in wars.
We are by our very nature xenophobic and ethnocentric because that has been our policy since the colonization of the Americas (before we were the US).
If they didn't have a hand in something or played only a small role, then it's never mentioned in American history classes
boxer rebellion is hardly mentioned and WW1 is mentioned a bit but more on the tech and european bickering than our involvment. I will say that world history in our public schools is everything before america. Everything after america's founding is in US history courses. We dont really have a world history class that I can rememeber.
such as the few Americans that snuck over to England and flew for the British during the Battle for Britain
that is mentioned actually but nothing else really. Just small paragraphs on everything leading up to pearl harbor.
American history classes are watered down to begin with anyway. By 4th grade you've learned all the stuff that schools are brave enough to teach, because for some reason, people think that teaching kids the real history will make them less patriotic or something.
think most countries history about themselves are like that for young children. Believe it or not we actually do speak about slavery and the civil rights movements in great detail and those arnt exactly the most proud moments of our country. Hell I never knew race was an issue until we learned about MLKjr and the civil rights movements in 1st grade.
It backfires, because when these kids eventually do learn the truths (usually as adults), they're angry that they were lied to or not told the whole story.
couldn't be far from the truth, mainly because most Americans don't care to learn history or geography.
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