History has traditionally been written by the victors so it can be one sided. Information is much more available now than it used to be thanks to the internet, but it also allows people to warp the truth to their liking or convenience.

To understand today you have to understand the past, and world education free of bias would be helpful everywhere. But as we both know, bias is everywhere now and probably always has been. Wars have rarely been to help out the nation's populations, but for ego of the leaders...