I was referring to the Second World War ..... but the first world war was a weird bit of history, the more I read about it, the more confused I become as to why in the hell that conflict was even started. It reads more like a bar fight that went horribly out of control and lasted for four years and killed 20 million people for no apparent real reason .... which then laid the foundation for another more horrible war after.
I'm Indigenous Canadian and I'm probably the first fully English speaking generation in my family. My grandfather was recruited into this war after being told he had to help his king and that he would be rewarded for it all. He left the country to go to England for two years, worked like a dog in the Forestry Corp (thankfully never fought in the front lines), came home and never received a penny. He was as poor when he came home as when he left and no one cared. He and our entire family have also never understood why he even fought in that war. As much reading as I've done about that war ... I still don't understand exactly why so many people had to fight and die for such arcane, questionable and stupid reasons.
BTW ... I love all the references to Black Adder (that is the show right?) and Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry ... I really have to take time to watch that show
Guy Simonds, Canadian general who led the Canadian forces in the battle of the scheldt in Belgium.
Basically just threw young inexperienced Canadian soldiers against battle hardened Germans until they literally ran out of soldiers.
He was celebrated because he let so many young Canadians die unnecessarily.
I know the story because I have a relative that survived that battle and another that died there.
Directed according to the grand plan!
What a shitshow WW1 was.
I was referring to the Second World War ..... but the first world war was a weird bit of history, the more I read about it, the more confused I become as to why in the hell that conflict was even started. It reads more like a bar fight that went horribly out of control and lasted for four years and killed 20 million people for no apparent real reason .... which then laid the foundation for another more horrible war after.
I'm Indigenous Canadian and I'm probably the first fully English speaking generation in my family. My grandfather was recruited into this war after being told he had to help his king and that he would be rewarded for it all. He left the country to go to England for two years, worked like a dog in the Forestry Corp (thankfully never fought in the front lines), came home and never received a penny. He was as poor when he came home as when he left and no one cared. He and our entire family have also never understood why he even fought in that war. As much reading as I've done about that war ... I still don't understand exactly why so many people had to fight and die for such arcane, questionable and stupid reasons.
BTW ... I love all the references to Black Adder (that is the show right?) and Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry ... I really have to take time to watch that show