65th Annyversary of Victory over Nazis

[Skirata]

Ok, here's what I don't get.
Skitara, you obviously hate this war and probably every country on the planet as well. So why are you trolling so damn hard agaisnt a thread that is celebrating the END of that war?
I honestly don't get it.

Of course I hated the war! I hated what caused it and I hated what transpired during it.

"Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate?"
~Gregory Clark

Oh, and you'd be prepared to go to war, remembering the bloodbath that was WWI, would you? Everyone in Britain, France, the Commonwealth and, hell, even Germany remembered WWI.

Of course, I'd be prepared for a war. The day I would have learned of Austria's accession would have been the day I would have expected countries to act. I would have expected other diplomatic means to have occurred before hand though (like when they were building up their military and arms so there would have been no reason for war).

And of course Germany remembered the previous war. The end results of WWI caused WWII.

Of course, you'd say 'Well, they should've gone to war anyway, despite what happened in WWI.', but how the hell would the population support you? Rioting, protests and maybe even armed violence from the army would've erupted all over the country.

They thought they were saving the world from a war.

You would've as well.

The population ended up supporting the war. Propaganda was used to favor one side over the other. Germany had newspapers support the Nazi regime while the Allied governments did similar things (although not as obvious).

You've got the benefit of hindsight. They did not.
You know what happened in WWII. They did not.

Doesn't matter. They made a treaty that suppressed the German people. If they were going to enforce it like it was intended the war would never have happened. If the Treaty of Versailles wasn't signed the war would have had no reason either.

:| Skirata... I agree that Britain should've acted quicker in the Second World War, but that is the decision of governments. However, respectfully, to state the Allies were not heroes is, I feel, completely unfair. You should limit such statements to the governments in question, so as to not include those doing the actual fighting, that gave up their life fighting in and for another country's safety.

Quicker action was needed... but those who fought were unquestionably heroes, in my mind. I question the sanity of anyone as informed as yourself, who disagrees.

True, the soldiers fought and died for their countries and that is the most honorable thing one can do nowadays (I respect the Nazi soldiers as much as I respect the Allies. Anyone who can sacrifice their lives for something they consider greater is what we should all try to be.)

I meant no disrespect towards those who fought in the war. My anger is concentrated towards the governments that perpetrated the crimes that started this war.

Also, I have questioned my sanity for years, DC.

In fairness... the decision to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to war, and therefore virtually guarantee thousands of deaths of sons, brothers and fathers, is not one that can be made quickly or lightly.

The decision was hard, but it was a decision that had to be made. Seeing that Nazi Germany was the monster child created by the Allies after WWI, it was their duty to stop anything before it could happen.