World War One

[Kwacky]

The war to end all wars.

Well that went well, didn't it?

That aside, it's good to see it is still being remembered.

[Cavetroll87]

I think its very important to remember it and never forget, what is it they say "those who forget history are doomed to repeat it" so so true. Scares me though as I do feel as a younger guy im in the minority with that thinking.

RIP to all the young men and women that gave their lives on all sides

[kingfixer]

I did a WW1 battlefield tour a few weeks ago, very moving indeed. We all know there were hundreds of thousands killed but it was how quickly that shocked me !! thousands of them in 1 day !! in certain battles.
RIP !

[Godzilla]

Did you see that artist who got the body shapes raked into the sand on one of the beaches?



http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/the-fallen-9000/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Kwacky]

Wasn't that for D-Day?

A nice touch in Birmingham with little ice sculptures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi ... m-28621777" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Blade]

I don't think we realise how much those brave lads did for us all today.

RIP true hero's

[StMarks]

The war to end all wars....

Don't we wish...

You only have to look around at the conflicts to see that legacy has ended nothing, quite the reverse in fact. In fact with hindsight that statement actually seems decidedly conceited IMHO. (no disrespect whasoever intended to those who laid down their lives.!)
If human nature were fundamentally changed, perhaps conflict would be over.
Is that likely.?
Would that changed psyche still be "human nature".?

I suspect that the only "War to end all Wars" will be the one that starts with a blinding flash, and is all over about 8 mins later.

[Kwacky]

http://www.conflictmap.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Therre are conflicts all over Africa, the middle east, the far east, central and south america. Not to mention the Russian sponsored civil war in Ukraine.

It seems all we've learned is how to keep fighting.

[Kwacky]

If you've got 5 minutes give this a read. An interesting view on whether it was right for the UK to go to war

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... rnage.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Britain and Germany were very close before the war started. We shared a ruling family, there were lots of agreements in place protecting our Empire from German interests, France was never our friend and we were too widespread to look after our interests overseas and fight a large war.

I think everyone underestimated the potential size of the conflict.

[D6]

I like Germany. Lovely place. We should have gone in and took over france with them.

Now all we have is Leigh slowly infiltrating them from the inside.

[Blade]

Good read and interesting opinion.

I guess we will never know how things would have been if we hadn't gone to war.

As a father I worry about the state of the world my sons will grow up into and hope they never have to go to war. The comment that most sticks in my mind from that article is "industrial slaughter" which sums it up horrifically well.

[Kwacky]

Killing is very lucrative business.

[Blade]

My mums uncle pasted away a month or two back. He was an amazing guy and I really admired him. We all new he was a Royal Marine in ww2 but it was only at his funeral did we found out he was in the d-day landings at 18 years old. I talked to him about the marines a lot as I spent a few years in the Royal Marine Reserves myself but never once did he mention d-day to me or anyone else. Always amazes me these ordinary men did such heroic deeds and never mention it or seek praise for their acts of courage and bravery we are so in debt off.