Too early to teach DC about WWII?

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In the country you live in, what age do children begin learning about WWII? We are expats living in a European country that 'lost' the war (by this, I mean officially, although in war, I think all sides lose). I am reluctant to ask other parents here, because it is a subject that is still highly sensitive and brings intense feelings of shame. However, DC are asking specific questions about war, and given that the Ukrainian war is always in the news, I wonder if they are ready to start learning more about WWII...

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DS1 (year 1) learnt that his primary school got bombed in WW2 and so started asking lots of questions, then he asked more general war questions when the war in Ukraine started, I just answer them as and when they pop up.

Late primary for the basics, then my daughter has just done it again in more detail, age 14 in year 9.

Ds was the same. He started with an interest in planes at 3yonand this developed further.
When they got to do ww2cin year 6 the teacher said it got to the point tgat the children were asking Ds if things were correct when the teacher was talking, and he was correcting the teacher-who found it hilarious.
Currently he's trying to persuade me that a tank on the front lawn would be a great security measure and a talking point. He's 14yo.

For Ds it was the planes that interested him first, but things like rationing etc are fascinating for a child.
Start of lock down he liked the idea of building an air raid shelter. We settled on dig fir victory and had potatoes.

Mine had some basic classes in it from the age of about seven. Mostly rationing and evacuation stories. They’d seen The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe too so that opened up context questions

theyve been absolutely fine. You just share more as they get older in an age appropriate way, just as you would with anything.

Difficult things happen and our children need to be supported to deal with these things. (For example when the Manchester bombing happened my eldest was eight but school dealt with it in circle time rather than letter rumours spread in the playground which was brilliant, especially as a girl not much older than them have died)

I think it’s fairly unusual for an 11 year old to have No knowledge at all of WW2 though. We definitely covered it age 10 when I was at school and I was really interested in it at that age.

With my 3 year old we’ve watched films or read stories like Narnia and Bedknobs and Broomsticks for which WWII is a backdrop, so I’ve explained it to her as best I can, including who Hitler was, and the effects here like air raids and evacuations. I haven’t explained the holocaust aspect though.

My DD was/is obsessed with asking about "The Lar" since she saw Peter Pan 2. I haven't said much apart from children were sent away to keep them safe and daddies went away to fight yet she still asks about it constantly.

MY DC age 6 has a WW2 book and has taken a keen interest in history. He has many questions all about the war, the equipment and who were the good and bad guys. He also asks alot about ukraine especially since he has donated toys and other aid and has had interaction with displaced children from the region.
I don't think there's an age that is too young to understand war, you just need to use a language that is in context and with images suitable for their age.
There is alot to be learned from history, especially that the past actions of a nation do not define the next generation of that country.