Yes, the surface is glossed over, but the in-depth isn't taught, which is my principal complaint. Students are shown the "nice" side of the war. While true, it is at best trivia.7ECA wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:46 pmHardly. The Lend-Lease Act, and associated shipments via convoy are taught during history classes in high school when the Second World War is a significant topic of concern. The air and land route through Canada via the Alaska Highway as well as the Northwest Staging Route is covered as well.ReserveTank wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:44 pm That and the West directly sent Stalin armaments, vehicles, etc. One of those things they "forget' to teach in school.
The latter may be covered in somewhat more detail, being that it directly relates to Canada. But, the RCN also played a role in convoy escort duties to Murmansk.
Exactly the inner-city public school response that's expected. For midwits like you, WW2 started on Sep. 1, 1939 for no reason, and with no background. Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Germany, devaluation of currency, atrocities in Poland and Sudetenland. Did you learn about these crucial historical events at Hip-Hop Secondary?YYZSaabGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:46 pmNobody "forgot" to teach this stuff in school: I'm guessing you just didn't bother to show up the day World War II was on the agenda. You should also be aware that there's nothing in the least nefarious about this particular example of realpolitik: Hitler attacked the West, Hitler attacked Russia, ergo the West and Russia set aside their ideological differences temporarily and teamed up to defeat Hitler. It's really not that complicated.ReserveTank wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:44 pm That and the West directly sent Stalin armaments, vehicles, etc. One of those things they "forget' to teach in school.
The good news is that you can still take time off from posting idiocy on here and sign up for an on-line course in world history: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=world%20history
And it is extremely complicated. You watch a lazy, prepackaged History Channel special and you think you know something? At least the poster above you knew about Lend-Lease (which should be common knowledge).
This shows precisely that you have no idea what you're writing.ergo the West and Russia set aside their ideological differences
Set aside the Holodomor? AND Katyn? The West full well knew the Soviet's atrocities when they made the deal...it wasn't ideology holding them back. (Should prompt you to think about why they held back in the first place, also why they made indirect war with Lend-Lease). The other half of Lend-Lease is the Red Army rolling into Germany with American Studebakers pillaging women "8 to 80," usually in groups. Also, the ethics of supplying resources to firebomb all the children in Dresden when the Germans were already down.
With 2 master's, I've done plenty of history. And you? Midwits like you are the reason we repeat the worst parts of history.The good news is that you can still take time off from posting idiocy on here and sign up for an on-line course in world history: