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D-day

Started by: hurricane (92) 

Anyone noticed there has not been a word on the news about D-day, i think it's disgusting.

Started: 6th Jun 2018 at 23:54

Posted by: grimshaw (3983) 

Spot on hurricane .

The longest day eh.

Bravery beyond belief.

Replied: 6th Jun 2018 at 23:59

Posted by: dave© (3507)

BBC4 is currently showing a documentary on it.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 00:02

Posted by: peebee (725) 

No offence to any one, or the brave and courageous people who fought to keep this country free and in doing so let me ask this question without getting locked up or worse, but is there a time limit to when we stop celebrating the second world war. I am NOT saying forget about it , maybe when the last person involved passes away there won't be any disrespect to any ex soldiers. What's your thoughts please.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 14:20
Last edited by peebee: 7th Jun 2018 at 14:21:38

Posted by: peter g (3509) 

What about the relatives of those killed then.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 14:44

Posted by: kathpressey (5590) 

I think celebrating is the wrong word.Our wars should always be remembered as a form of respect I think. Which we do on 11/11 each year.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 15:09

Posted by: peebee (725) 

I understand about the relatives, but where if anywhere do you draw the line. The Boer war, the battle of Trafalgar, and so on how far along the family tree do you go. I am not being flippant or anti war, I just wondered how other people felt about this topic.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 19:54

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

I think the OP says it all. People who died to defend this country's freedom should always be remembered. My husbands's grandad was blown to pieces in WW1 and his own dad spent a lot of time in a POW camp in Gremany in WW11 and was starved to the point of near death, it left him with a heart condition that eventually killed him.
Our children and our grandchildren know of their sacrifices and I have no doubt that their stories will be past down through generations to come.

Many others have and are still losing their lives still, in other countries. So I'm of the mind that no war and the people who fought in them should be allowed to slip into oblivion.

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 20:27

Posted by: mindar (1334)


Forgetting the past makes us repeat the same mistakes over and over. Never forget, always remember and remind

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 22:04

Posted by: upthetims (6591)




Disgusting that kids nowadays not taught history,mind you I had 50 odd yr old neighbours who didn't know WW2 was 1939/45.Education system gone to pot

Replied: 7th Jun 2018 at 22:45

Posted by: roylew (4016)

Just remember the people...not the wars

Replied: 8th Jun 2018 at 08:20

Posted by: TerryA (29)

We must always remember what those brave men and women fought and died for. If we don’t then their ultimate sacrifice will have been for nothing.
If we don’t learn from history then we are doomed to make the same mistakes in the future.
If we ignore history then we have no future.

Replied: 10th Jun 2018 at 21:05

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

We remember Monarchs from the past and the battles that they fought, so it is right that we remember more modern wars and the men and women who fought for this country. We do them a great disservice if we don't.
And the atrocities that were perpetrated against some nations.

Replied: 12th Jun 2018 at 08:35

Posted by: grimshaw (3983) 

Jathbee.

Replied: 12th Jun 2018 at 12:48

 

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