I'm a Pole but came to the states in 7th grade.
In high school I studied US history and Government and World History, however as far as world history there was very much little about WW2 especially. Basically that war started in 39 when Germany attacked Poland, and then England joined in. Huge deal about Pearl Harbor, hm. There was no mentioning how the U-Boats almost destroyed England, and how with the help of Poles the Battle of England was won. This was in a suburban public high school. Oh yes, I remember mentioning of the Enigma and I had to fight with the teacher explaining how the Poles broke the code first... I remember in grade school in Poland we would study Polish history and world history, same thing with geography. I don't know how things are today, I work for a high school so I guess I should check out their history books. he he
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