I think History lessons tend to focus on the political side of the conflict. I never had any military history, except was told that D-Day was important. It is how you look at it. I think teaching the politcal and social side of the conflict in school does make more sense than teaching the military aspect.
I was fortunate to have had a teacher who was very compassionate about history in general. Learned a LOT from him.
But there is just too much to teach. If interested in a certain time period, it will be up to you to study it and do your own research. I know of a certain teacher who was very happy to get through WW2 just to get me to stop my interruptions and pointing out what I thought were mistakes.
