I was wondering the other day, will the world be different when everyone that was alive during WWII has died?
I know there have been (and are currently) other wars, but was WWII different? It seems to be a hugely significant event (series of events really) in the last 100 years.
What do you think? I feel that WWI was possibly the more significant socially (especially for women) but WWII was the war where the way battles were fought changed.
But, as I said, how will we feel when it is no longer part of 'living memory'?
I don't think anything will change.
It was such a long time ago that it's ancient history to most people now.
Also, there have been more 'significant' events that have happened in more recent time. 9/11 is this generations JFK moment. WW2 was a gradual thing over the course of 6 years (even more if you count the rise of the Nazi party during the 1930's.) 9/11 was a couple of hours when everything changed. The World became a much more brutal and random place to live.
I don't think anything will change.
It was such a long time ago that it's ancient history to most people now.
Also, there have been more 'significant' events that have happened in more recent time. 9/11 is this generations JFK moment. WW2 was a gradual thing over the course of 6 years (even more if you count the rise of the Nazi party during the 1930's.) 9/11 was a couple of hours when everything changed. The World became a much more brutal and random place to live.
The way we fight wars is always changing. Faster now than ever before. Once we stood up and hit each other with club. Since then the weapons and the armour has change. Horses, then machines made war faster. Range weapons meant you no longer had to see the face of the man you were killing.
In the last century we saw the demise of calvary. First vast, fortifications, then tanks. In the Six Day War, Israel turned tank warfare upside down and used infantry to clear the way for tanks.
..and we saw that the only way to stop wars is to be sure that both sides can blow the other side of the face of the earth 10 times over.
In the end there will always be wars, as long as there is someone willing to send young men to die.
Yes the world keeps changing, but we still keep killing each other. The reasons remain the same, but the excuses change.
Travis
wars r the same....prime minister will be safe while u all fight, n on short rations
I will feel sad as my Mummy and Daddy and Aunty and Uncle were all war babies and they would be dead :cry:
My work involves helping the older and disabled people maintain their homes. This work is expensive. Ex servicemen and women are often helped by the British Legion.
I urge all of you to support the Royal British Legion when you can. They are good people doing good work in the community for people who have risked thier lives for us.
