Current Events > Two thirds of millennials don't know which side won WW2

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Two-thirds of millennials dont know which countries emerged victorious from World War II, according to research.
A poll of 2,000 adults found 41 per cent of 18-34-year-olds are oblivious to the fact the UK fought on the side of the Allies.
The research found Brits know remarkably little about the key events and people from World War II despite 61 per cent believing they have good knowledge about the most significant event in history.
With this week commemorating the 83rd anniversary of Dunkirk, 40 per cent are unaware of the mission which successfully evacuated more than 338,000 Allied soldiers from northern France.
Meanwhile, one in ten (11 per cent) millennials believe the Miracle of Dunkirk refers to the day the Nazis surrendered in 1945.
The study, commissioned to mark the launch of Company of Heroes 3: Console Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, found 41 per cent are clueless that D-day was the bringing together of land, sea, and air forces to the beaches of Normandy.
In fact, one in 20 of the millennials polled even believe D-day happened in Germany.

Half of those polled (49 per cent), via OnePoll, believe it is important to have a good knowledge of World War II however, this drops to just over a third (36 per cent) of 18-34-year-olds.
As a result, less than a quarter (23 per cent) of millennials feel they lack knowledge about the event that shaped the world they live in today.
This is despite 59 per cent admitting they dont know that WWII is an abbreviation for the conflict which ultimately led to an estimated 35 to 60 million casualties globally.
Indeed, millennials are more interested in who is top of the music charts (22 per cent), the names of celebrity babies (20 per cent), and how many followers they have on social media (20 per cent), than what happened during World War II.

How big was the sample size because I'm a millenial and literally everybody I know in that age range knows who won the war.

This has to be the stupidest sample size imaginable. Given the number of movies, video games, etc. that cover World War 2, you could not possibly be that ignorant.

'A poll of 2000 adults....'

What's the actual wording of these questions? They don't link to the poll at any point

Yeah bullshit poll like I thought. That's not even enough people to give you a real percentage for 1 medium sized city let alone "millenials" as a whole.

The study, commissioned to mark the launch of Company of Heroes 3: Console Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

Here in the US, most people think that we won the whole thing by ourselves.

Millennials arent 18-34.

Six in ten Brits believe they have a good knowledge of the global conflict - but just 36 per cent of 18-34-year-olds feel it is important to know about the war

Who the hell thinks 18-year-olds are Millennials?

Millennials arent 18-34.

video games, etc. that cover World War 2, you could not possibly be that ignorant.

A work quiz recently asked how many allied fighter planes fought in the Battle of Britain and my colleagues came to a consensus of 100

I know we love to give Americans a lot of stick but England is filled with imbeciles

There are no winners in war.

There are no winners in war.

Plucky little Fighter Command sending up a Hurricane or two every day to fight back the entire Luftwaffe.

Yeah bullshit poll like I thought. That's not even enough people to give you a real percentage for 1 medium sized city let alone "millenials" as a whole.

A girl at work didn't know about the atomic bombings in Japan lol...she's a Zoomer though.

'A poll of 2000 adults....'

millennials

18-34-year-olds

I don't know if I believe this. How can you not know that Hitler didn't conquer the world? It's pretty obvious