22 year old feels learning about WW2 harms mental health

Freddie Bentley, 22, said he thought the schools’ curriculum on the devastating conflict should be cut back because it was “so intense”.

Bentley, who appeared on The Circle, told Good Morning Britain today: “It was a hard situation, World War 2, I don't want anyone to think I'm being disrespectful.”

He added: “I remember learning it as a child thinking ‘Oh my God it's so intense’.”

He thought that any mental health issues a youngster may have could be worsened by learning about the war that saw the Allied forces defeat Nazi Germany.

He told the show’s presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway: “'I don't think encouraging death or telling people how many people died in the world war is going to make it better.”

Instead of youngsters learning about the horrendous war that claimed at least 70million lives, Bentley suggested schools could instruct pupils in topics such as understanding Brexit and how to get a mortgage.

He said: “There's so many problems going on in the world, like Brexit, that's not taught in schools.

“When I left school it hit me like a ton of bricks - I didn't know anything to do with life."

Currently, Key Stage 3 pupils learn about about the war, covering areas such as the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, the Battle of Dunkirk and Winston Churchill's leadership.

Many though took to social media to take issue with his claims, saying the war was a key historical moment and many had lost their lives for freedom.

The comments come after contestants on The Apprentice revealed they didn’t know when World War 2 started.

During the scavenger hunt task an item on the list was the Alice in Wonderland series which was printed before World War II, which led to several of the candidates asking questions about when the war actually started.

Only controversial contestant Lottie Lion on Team Unison knew the correct dates, telling her group: "Just ensure that it is before 1939."