70th Anniversary of the end of WWII on May 8, 2015
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The left picture shows American troops and an old German woman. The right picture shows GI's with German kids. These two pictures express the situation in 1945. The old Nazi generation declined, but the young generation was already there, ready to take over the future of a modern democratic Germany.
Supreme Commander Eisenhower: "The children and the grandchildren of the world must live and can live!" May all victims of this most cruel war in human history may rest in peace. |
Those were terrible times. I wish the world had learned more about how to get along.
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Sadly true.
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My dearest German friend (now deceased) was a young boy when American GI's came through his hometown of Hameln (home of the Pied Piper). Propaganda had led him to believe that GI's were blood-thirsty animals and he was shocked and pleased when they came into his town distributing chocolate bars to the kids. It's something he never forgot.
FWIW, WWII didn't end until Sep 2, when Japan surrendered. May 8 was "VE Day" (Victory in Europe). There was still lots of fighting in the Pacific theater after May 8. The battle for Okinawa didn't end until mid-June at the cost of nearly 300,000 casualties among American and Japanese service members and Japanese civilians. Then, of course, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki followed. |
As always, you know everything better, sir. I'm fed up with you. Of course I mean the end of the war in Europe.
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Now this is what you call hardcore.
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Except for the Russians, of course. They actually began hostilities against Japan in August of 1945 which continued for a time after 2 September. |
Stupid little hillbilly from the Black Forest is ACTUALLY familiar with the (pacific) war in Japan and he knows about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hear hear... :eek:
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Finn is given valuable information concerning continuation of WW11 in Manchuria. You did not specify European theater. |
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The thing to remember is one's frame of reference. For Chris and for other Europeans May 8th 1945 is a profoundly important date. Its significance really can't be underestimated. September 2nd, on the other hand, carries much less importance with regard to their past, present and future. |
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