since we're still in the post-ww2 world order (though it's increasingly falling apart), i'd say that yes, they need to learn about ww2 and what lead to it.
the problem with teaching about the molotov-ribbentrop pact is that they always make it out to be some singular evil thing, with barely any mention of things like the munich betrayal. and of course no material analysis of what actual options stalin had, when faced with a rabidly anticommunist and uncooperative west and the fucking nazis.
My high school taught that Molotov-Ribbentrop was basically an alliance and an agreement to divide Poland between the USSR and Nazi Germany, two equally evil countries controlled entirely by Hitler and Stalin.
since we're still in the post-ww2 world order (though it's increasingly falling apart), i'd say that yes, they need to learn about ww2 and what lead to it.
the problem with teaching about the molotov-ribbentrop pact is that they always make it out to be some singular evil thing, with barely any mention of things like the munich betrayal. and of course no material analysis of what actual options stalin had, when faced with a rabidly anticommunist and uncooperative west and the fucking nazis.
and the fascist poles. and and and.
My high school taught that Molotov-Ribbentrop was basically an alliance and an agreement to divide Poland between the USSR and Nazi Germany, two equally evil countries controlled entirely by Hitler and Stalin.