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Are We *ever* Going To Get Over Wwii ?
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Yet another commemoration - this time 70 years of the Atlantic campaign
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Given that WWII lasted about 5 years by the time you've commemorated a VE day anniversary it seems time to start celebrating anothe anniversary of the start of the War!
I hear the cries of 'ingrate' already and patriotic chests puffing up like pidgeons - but WWI was just as formative to those who fought in it and I don't recall continual commemorations of that from my childhood.
Why are we so obsessed with WWII and are we ever going to get over it?
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Given that WWII lasted about 5 years by the time you've commemorated a VE day anniversary it seems time to start celebrating anothe anniversary of the start of the War!
I hear the cries of 'ingrate' already and patriotic chests puffing up like pidgeons - but WWI was just as formative to those who fought in it and I don't recall continual commemorations of that from my childhood.
Why are we so obsessed with WWII and are we ever going to get over it?
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how, pray, are the authorities to "get over " this -
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walk away and pretend it isn't happening, maybe?
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walk away and pretend it isn't happening, maybe?
i don't think we should 'get over it'
people suffered massively and died for us to have the lives we have now.
there seem to be a generation of kids now with a sense of entitlement, who are shallow, self obsessed, wasteful, ungrateful and who have no idea of real life and of history and how hard some peoples lives have been.
i kind of dread to think how it will be in 2-3 generations.
i am only 41 and in my school we all bought and wore poppies - and i went to a rough and horrible school - yet still the kids knew there were certain things you did and certain things you didn't.
considering there are many people still alive whose lives were directly affected by wwII i think we owe it to them to show our appreciation for as long as possible.
my dad missed going to war by one year - he was 15 when it ended.
one year longer and he might have been killed.
people suffered massively and died for us to have the lives we have now.
there seem to be a generation of kids now with a sense of entitlement, who are shallow, self obsessed, wasteful, ungrateful and who have no idea of real life and of history and how hard some peoples lives have been.
i kind of dread to think how it will be in 2-3 generations.
i am only 41 and in my school we all bought and wore poppies - and i went to a rough and horrible school - yet still the kids knew there were certain things you did and certain things you didn't.
considering there are many people still alive whose lives were directly affected by wwII i think we owe it to them to show our appreciation for as long as possible.
my dad missed going to war by one year - he was 15 when it ended.
one year longer and he might have been killed.
Interesting contribution from NJ on evacuation.
Yup - my mother was one 'torn from her familly' - she was quite young nd frankly it never comes up with her - she certainly for one 'got over it' a long time ago.
Are you speaking from personal experience NJ?
It is a fair point that WWII hit civillians at home more than WWI did - barring the odd Zepelin raid the mainland UK was fairly secure and so that may be a good reason why certainly those old enough to remember it as civillians at home might feel more strongly than those who spent WWI at home in similar circumstances.
The other factor is survival - life expectancy now is about 8 years more than in 1986 so there are more people about now that remember WWII than there were in 1986 that remember WWI
Yup - really! the time from the end of WWII to today is the same as it the difference between the end of WWI to 1986!
Yup - my mother was one 'torn from her familly' - she was quite young nd frankly it never comes up with her - she certainly for one 'got over it' a long time ago.
Are you speaking from personal experience NJ?
It is a fair point that WWII hit civillians at home more than WWI did - barring the odd Zepelin raid the mainland UK was fairly secure and so that may be a good reason why certainly those old enough to remember it as civillians at home might feel more strongly than those who spent WWI at home in similar circumstances.
The other factor is survival - life expectancy now is about 8 years more than in 1986 so there are more people about now that remember WWII than there were in 1986 that remember WWI
Yup - really! the time from the end of WWII to today is the same as it the difference between the end of WWI to 1986!
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