There has been a lot transmitted recently on the freeview "History" channel about not only the first world war, but also WWII, Korea and all the other smaller wars we in the UK have been continuously fighting for the last hundred years or so.
It is sobering stuff. I urge anyone reading this to watch a little of it, perhaps do some reading too. Try to understand the sheer scale and horror of what was going on.
War is started and perpetuated by a tiny handful of powerful men in the countries concerned. It is fought by armies of little people like you and I who have no choice but to go out and probably die on command.
Germany lost WWI effectively when it ran out of young people to put in the army and hurl at our lines. We won partly because America came into the war with potentially millions of fresh young eager troops.
We should never forget the human suffering of the millions of troops who survived, were injured in, or killed by action in our wars. On all sides. We should never forget the arrogant folly of the leaders who caused it.
It is sobering stuff. I urge anyone reading this to watch a little of it, perhaps do some reading too. Try to understand the sheer scale and horror of what was going on.
War is started and perpetuated by a tiny handful of powerful men in the countries concerned. It is fought by armies of little people like you and I who have no choice but to go out and probably die on command.
Germany lost WWI effectively when it ran out of young people to put in the army and hurl at our lines. We won partly because America came into the war with potentially millions of fresh young eager troops.
We should never forget the human suffering of the millions of troops who survived, were injured in, or killed by action in our wars. On all sides. We should never forget the arrogant folly of the leaders who caused it.
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