Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice on 11th November 1918.
Under the agreement signed in Compiegne, Germany was to surrender weapons, artillery, tanks, trains, and trucks, amongst other things. All prisoners were to be released, and property to be left intact. The defeat of Germany was total. The death toll had been around 20 Million.
So, who would then have imagined that Germany would begin ANOTHER world war just 20 years later, in which over 80 Million people were killed. Again they were defeated.
Included in the number of the dead were the 6 Million innocent Jews who were shamelessly murdered by the Nazis.
So, what have we learned from those TWO German Wars? Not a lot it seems.
We still have uneducated groups screaming for Jews to be eliminated, and we still have other forms of ethnic and religious slaughter continuing throughout the world.
It seems that certain 'World Leaders' are incapable of living peacefully, and/or concentrating on the welfare of their own citizens.
I suppose we simply have to accept that we humans are a bunch of gullible, bloody-thirsty, louts, and that some amongst us will always hate some groups, or want certain nationalities to be annihilated.
Of course, conflict is essential in certain extreme cases, but open hostility towards peaceful neighbours IS NOT.
My title says 'Lest we Forget', but sadly many young left-wing Pro-Hamas supporters MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN. and a new wave of Hitler/Nazi style aggression towards the Jewish community is once again prevalent.
I find that incomprehensible, and extremely sad.
p.s. Above is Alphonse. He's the doll I've had since I was born, and every year he wears his Poppy with pride; in remembrance of all those who died.
5 comments:
Unfortunately, the seeds of WW2 were sown at that November 11th armistice - the total annihilation of Germany, and the ensuing economic breakdown left festering resentments that someone like Hitler was able to exploit to further his dreams.
The aftermath of WW2 learned the lessons, and both Germany and Japan weren't subject to such total destruction.
In fact, both became more successful than the erstwhile victors - UK, France.....
We pumped a lot of money into both countries, to our own detriment.
Je vous ai bien cerné comme une personne incapable de mener une discussion. Très dommage et pas un signe d'intelligence. Fêtez bien .
Huguette
When I goty poppy a couple of weeks ago I was the first to pop money in. I checked yesterday and it hadn't increased much. I watched some children walking to school and didn't see one poppy. It's sad but when one looks at school teachers not surprising
No it was the ERP .
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