World War II is such an important moment in mans history that i think it is something that should be studied by high school kids. As a kid i did not know much about the war, even though both my grandfathers fought, my grandmother served in the Womens RAF, and my grandmothers brother was a prisoner in a Japaneese POW camp. It was only ten years or so ago that i really started to read about the war and what the men (boys in some cases) went through to keep the free world free.
Incidently, as a book recomendation. I am currently reading 'Brothers in Battle - Best of Friends'. This is the stories of two paratroopers from the 101st Airbourne. William 'Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward 'Babe' Heffron. These two men worked with Tom Hanks on the making of the HBO series A Band of Brothers. Their stories are written with such clarity, some of it is quite tear jerking.
http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Battle-Fr...9949&sr=1-1
