Some Very Harrowing Pictures Of Ww2, And What Have We Learned?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205235/Lifeless-bodies-bombed-cities-weary-men-horrors-World-War-II-revealed-never-seen-pictures-Western-taken-four-star-general.html

[stuey]

When I see photos like this, I quite often finding myself being moved more by the sight of the dead animals than the dead people. Maybe that's because the animals had absolutely no choice at all in being there.

[stuey]

I don't think that you'll get many responses to this article, AOG. I have noticed over the years that many British, and Canadians for that matter, tend to take exception to articles, books, movies, etc that concentrate solely on the American involvement in WWII.

[andy-hughes]

On the basis of our most recent conflicts - nothing at all, except that generals will push for war because it is what they are trained for, and you should never underestimate the ego of a politician who has heard the word 'legacy', and misunderstood what it actually means.

[chaptazbru2]

I agree with you about the horses stuey.

[sandyRoe]

I agree. Blair might have thought he was earning himself a reputation of peacemaker using force(Sierra Leone + The Balkans). Instead he'll probably go down in history as a warmonger.

[andy-hughes]

sandyRoe - he will indeed in my eyes, along with that oaf Bush - but the biggest tragedy is that both of them have tefloned away into retirement with no chance of any meaningful comeback.

I don't think anyone holds out any real hope of a result from the Chilcot Enquiry.

I am sno grateful that I have not lost anyone in that futile war - to lose a loved one is surely bad enough, to wait six years for a whitewash has to continue even more agony being heaped on undeserving innocents.

[orangeangel]

I agree with you about the horses stuey

[Old_Geezer]

It will be good if/when we no longer need to have war. Problem is most in a national dispute are not keen to settle the issue over a game of tiddlywinks. All wish to fight to their their utmost to get the result they think right; until both sides have lost so much.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't think many conscripts have much of a choice either. And if they do insist on opting out the result is not so good for them. For obvious reasons.

[vetuste_ennemi]

On one of our visits to SA to see my sister-in-law and family in Jo'burg I read a history of the two Boer wars as we were travelling around, Divebuddy. At the time when Kitchener had established the cordon sanitaire I think the book said that a million(!) horses were being shipped to the Cape each month(!). Of course either the book or my memory could be faulty. It was a long time ago. I think Botha had just become prime minister.
And, Stuey, yes to our opening post.

[stuey]

Thousands of men and horses perished, especially at night, in the First World War from the simple yet fatal mistake of sliding into water and mud filled shell craters.