I'm a highschool sophmore and I really think that History teachers (for the most part), do a very poor job of teaching WWII (partially I think it's the curriculium set up by the state). We've covered WWII in the last 2 years and each time was horrible. I'm always trying to correct my teacher on basic facts.
Last year, my teacher showed a picture of a German bomber on the overhead projector. German crosses and swazticas could be clearly seen. However, our teacher proceeded to tell the class that the plane was a "British" aircraft. I informed him that it was a German He 111 bomber. He didn't believe me at first, but I finally convinced him that I was rigth when I began giving facts and specs about the He 111.
This year, my teacher tried to teach WWII from a CD-ROM (which was poorly done). Then we had to write essays about what we saw on the CD. He really didn't explain anything to the class. However, what he did explain was usually wrong. He told the class that when we captured the Marinas, we used them to launch "big B-52 bombers off to bomb Japan". He also told us that Germany used V1 rockets to bomb California and parts of the Rockies. When I asked if he was confusing the V1 rockets with the Japanese balloons that hit in the Rockies, he basically said I was stupid and I didn't know what I was talking about. Now, maybe I'm wrong, but I've never heard of V1s hitting America. I can't remember, but I think they only had a range of about 1,000 miles (correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyways, as you can see, WWII is not taught very well at my school. Is it only my school that is like this, or are all schools like this now? What about teaching anytime from the end of the war untill now?