Has the message of our World war 2 Veterans been forgotten and sidestepped ?

Question

Never again -- lest we forget -

The message of vets who came home after the second war was not one that glorified war

It was a stark warning of what war is what war does

As Canadian Forces landed in Holland the people were staving to death - the fighting was fierce as they forced the retreat of the n***s

It is against military law to feed civilians - an army moves on it's stomach and must be well fed in order to fight - It is the duty of senior officers to shoot those who disobey on sight

Canadian Armed Forces shared their rations anyway the officers looked the other way - It was that bad

People came home in pieces - mentally and physically. Boys 18 years old were starved to death and tortured by the Japanese -Canadian boys most of whom weren't 25 yet

The war was one of absolute necessity and the British Empire had to win - we did win

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The message however was - that war turns good honorable men into animals - brutal to the point where they no longer resemble people - and that often goes for ALL sides not just the enemy

That before any government sends boys off to war that they make sure it is one of absolute necessity -

That the horrors of war not be forgotten

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Have we lost that message ? Has the TV and movies glorified what should make any and all decent people recoil in horror ?

Are we now a people so devoid of thought and emotion that we want to be reduced to animals and want to go to war for no reason at all ?

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The response of the Dutch to Canadians backpacking or on holiday in Holland is profound to this day - They have not forgotten what war is to this day

Can we say the same on this side of the Atlantic ?

Answer 1

I love you. And I am not very generous in using this phrase.

You are reading my mind.

War is absolute h**l for everybody.

My Father was in France, Poland and Russia in WWII. Was captured by the French, escaped and recaptured by the Russians. He always said that the most difficult thing for him was to shoot another Soldier.

He saw him as a Son, Husband and Father and that gave him so much pain. He was not an enemy by choice but by design. My Father NEVER recovered physically and mentally from the War. And we suffered with him all of the rest of his life.

My Heart always aches  when I hear of the death of another soldier.

I am also angry that McCain's War experiences are again and again paraded in front of us but we are not to be shown the return of our

troops in Caskets.

Give us at least the chance to bow our heads  and touch our Hearts

when they return to the soil of their homeland.

Answer 2

Maybe you should talk to the French, who seem to enjoy using war monuments to Canadians who died fighting for France's freedom as brothels.

Answer 3

i wasn't aware the the Canadians played such a large part in World War Two. my uncle s a surviving w-w-2 veteran. when we get together and talk. his message to me is "war is brutal; it is a living h**l. both sides think they they are in the right but to be honest both sides are wrong."

Answer 4

The Germans, when Americans and Russian troops were taking the city of Berlin, looked to surrender to the Americans because thay knew they would be treated better. Sadly, we are still seeing around a thousand a day of our WW2 vets die. War can cause people to do things they would not normally do. It is easy for those that have not been there to judge.