It wouldn't be much better if you asked US school children the same questions.
Yeah, and George Patton was one of the Village People.
This is in sharp contrast to the Muslims, who, even in their despotic, smelly, semi-educated hell holes, are very aware of their basic history, particularly of landmark triumphs, such as the defeat of the Crusaders by Saladdin, or the orgiastic massacre of Constantinople by the Ottomans.
I always knew when WWI was because my grandfathers were in it. I knew about WWII because my father and friends' fathers were in it. How much of this gross ignorance of RECENT history is due to the fact that the majority of children today do not grow up with their fathers, or even know who their fathers are?