[ClumsyPilot]

I was taught in the Russian school system, and while it's true that main emphasis is on the eastern front, but the rest of the world is broadly represented.

I have never meant a person that was not aware of the other fronts, and did not know at least the broad strokes of France/normandy/etc.

[rimliu]

Well, the time I am talking about was the last decade of the USSR. Access to information was way more limited then.