My Father survived the great war,but he was gassed and apparently was never the same again. What a waste of young lives it was, both of british and german boys, lets hope it never happens again.

Just a proposition - don't you think we should all try to live in peace with each other instead of keeping alive the past.
Some years ago I was in the Normandy when the French, British, Americans and Canadians celebrated their memorial of D-day. It's true it was a nasty war, but we had one German in our group who had been soldier in Normandy during this time and if you hear both sides - the picture looks quite different.
Apart from this, don't forget if we speak of the heros of war, we may awaken in the young generation the desire to become also heros of war - but to be honest in the end we all were "loosers", there are no winners.
I hope I didn't offend you - but my grandfather took part in WW I and he came back as a sick man, as he couldn't bear the cruelities of war.
So let's hope we will never again have a war in Europe.

As I have mentioned before "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDE WE FALL" -- If Only ALL People would try to live in and for Peace    Then and only Then, Could we all learn to help each other!! -- I don't feel there was any Heroes in our wars, only dead ones and they died in vain, for a better World for ALL, which has yet to come about!! -- I don't believe The past, should ever be forgotten, that way perhaps we all would Learn from The Past Mistakes and Vow, that would never happen again!!

Hello teri, Am happy for you, reading up on european history!! As you are well aware, the same mistakes are being repeated, again and again!! -- Religion and Money Power, behind it all -- that is not just my opinion!!
The eastern problems are not of our making, our Troops should be pulled out before anymore die!!

Agreed!!  Too many problems and more in the future??
 Nobody can put The World's problems to rights. Each Country should be responcible for it's own problems. A force of Arms surely, is not the only answer???

If only countries would stop interferuing in other countries affairs we might get world peace

There will alway's be differences of opinions, on evey subject we care to mention. We only 'formulate' our opinion based on our experiance. ---

There is alway's an oppotunity to 'compromise' ??
 OR?? We agree, to Disagree??