Particularly considering that it is the ONLY 20th century conflict American history teaches throughout the country (the rest are "not noteworthy" or "political")
Well they also teach Vietnam: the Americans bravely went to defend Vietnamese freedom, but there were a lot of protests back home and officials listened and ended the war
People not knowing famous cliches about WWII is levels of historic illiteracy that seems genuinely unbelievable.
Particularly considering that it is the ONLY 20th century conflict American history teaches throughout the country (the rest are "not noteworthy" or "political")
Well they also teach Vietnam: the Americans bravely went to defend Vietnamese freedom, but there were a lot of protests back home and officials listened and ended the war
They don't always teach that; my high school ed stopped prior to that, even though I was in AP classes
its anecdotal but this dumb tid bit is usually one of the idk, 5 things, people say whenever ww2 gets brought.