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| Topic Started: 4th August 2014 - 08:34 PM (238 Views) | ||||
| CGJ | 4th August 2014 - 08:34 PM Post #1 | |||
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"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time." - Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary (1914) 100 years ago, at 23:00 BST (Midnight German time), Great Britain and her empire declared war on Germany. At the time the announcement was celebrated, crowds cheering and singing ‘God Save the King’ along the Mall. Yet they did not know of the horrors that would follow. We must never forget the sacrifices made by those just like us to serve their country. Whether they lost their life, their limbs or their sanity – they were all people. Tonight I’m taking part in #LightsOut, remembering all those who fought to defend their country, whether they be British, French, German, Russian, Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, or from the rest of the empires, and to remind ourselves that we will remember them. So while we sit here and deliberate over our own little world war, the logistics, technicalities, realism and everything in-between, let us remember that for people in Europe 100 years ago, the war was most certainly real. And many of us here owe our lives to them for fighting until the very end. Edited by CGJ, 4th August 2014 - 08:36 PM.
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| Major_Thom | 4th August 2014 - 10:17 PM Post #2 | |||
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They shall not grow old, As we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary the, nor the years condemn. At the going down of sun, and in the morning, We shall remember them. Lest we forget. |
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| DaveIronside | 4th August 2014 - 10:24 PM Post #3 | |||
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World War One was billed as the war to end all wars, sadly it was not the case. 100 years ago today the misled public where eager for the war to be fought and that it was to keep their country free. Sadly this jingoistic lie caused the deaths of millions of people across the globe, people who could have gone on to do many great things, who in turn would have produced a new generation who could have had the potential to have done many great things. The bravery and dedication shown by those who went off to war can never be questioned. I remember the Last Tommy Harry Patch saying "Any man who went over the top and told you he wasn't terrified is a damn liar." Yet over the top they went, time and time again. I can never comprehend the amount of bravery required to march towards the enemy guns knowing the horrors that awaited. During the next four years we'll hit many 100 year landmarks and each will bring home the horrors that our fore fathers went through, it is their memories that we should all honour regardless of nation because they all share one common link, they died believing they were protecting their homes, families and futures and I can think of nobler sacrifice than that. It only pains me that so many young men where lied to. We had in Church Parade tonight a WW1 poem that is underused, written by Monia Michael in November 1918. The final verse I think is basically summing up what I tried to say. "And now the Torch and Poppy Red We wear in honour of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught; We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought In Flanders Fields." |
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| Rhodes | 4th August 2014 - 11:03 PM Post #4 | |||
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Pachendaele, Vimy Ridge... Still a big deal in Canada, and so they should be. While WW1 was terrible, and Canada went to war automatically when Britain declared, our preformance in the war was the first few steps away from being a colony and becoming a country. | |||
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| theatom117 | 4th August 2014 - 11:13 PM Post #5 | |||
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We will all be home by Christmas. Probably the second biggest lie in history, only second to the British Prime Minister Chamberlain's Peace in our time. | |||
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| CGJ | 4th August 2014 - 11:49 PM Post #6 | |||
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Perhaps not a lie, rather a miscalculation. |
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| Major_Thom | 5th August 2014 - 12:06 AM Post #7 | |||
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I actually find it very cynical the way that rememberence is handled here in Australia. All that ever seems to be mentioned is ANZAC day and the 'ANZAC`' legend is all anyone cares about. The individual and overall story often gets overshadowed by talk of the 'ANZAC legend'. Whilst I respect it was an important time in the development of our national identity Gallipoli was not the only place where our nation's identity was forged. There are a number of other battles in which Australia lost thousands - Pozieres for example where Australians endured brutal fighting, and today are hardly recognized. I mean no respect for the soldiers of Gallipoli, I simply think that in remembrance Australia focuses too little on actual remembrance but more so on the 'Anzac legend'. |
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| Major_Thom | 5th August 2014 - 12:08 AM Post #8 | |||
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I don't think it was an all out lie either, however I do think that it may have been slightly exaggerated to increase public support and optimism. |
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The Empire of Jukawa History - Geography - Culture - Miltary - Government ![]() Lead by the forever noble and valiant: His Imperial Majesty Khwezi Akufo; Liberator of the Jukawis; heir to the golden stool; exalted son of Asase Ya; and eternal emperor of the Glorious Empire of Jukawa. | ||||
| Hypothetical Genius | 5th August 2014 - 12:32 AM Post #9 | |||
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Living four years under constant bombardment in disease ridden and horrible conditions destroys the mind. No man can withstand such horrors for so long and retreat back to normal life and continue living normally. World War One saw the worst case of PTSD(then called shell-shock) then any war in human history, with some soldiers going into uncontrollable panic at the words of 'bomb'. Many soldiers after the war were unemployable due to physical strains from the war and many more were mentally unstable. A horrible war, that at times I wish could be erased from the memory of man. It's an important memory though, as there are lessons to be learnt and glimmers of hopes to be seen. War is never necessary, human beings war not a warlike creature, we seek peace more than anything. The mental instability of many soldiers after the war shows, war is not mans natural or first solution to it's problem. If anything, a war so extreme as this, can't be grasped by the mind and in terms becomes an alien idea and unnatrual and unhealthy. I live in the U.S, and while most Americans don't care nor do any of them really know what world war one is, I take this day to remember as well. |
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