27-02-2022, 01:49 AM
My uncle in law was a child in the early 1940s living in southern England, on only one occasion in my hearing he has spoken of the bombings and fear, his father away fighting, being sent to the country, separated from family, his childhood best friend getting killed. Now in his late 80s he is still traumatised by the scars of WW2. My other British Uncle speaks of his Dad's experiences digging trenches in France in WW1 but only as he learned them from third party sources as they couldn't speak of them, and not of his own days in the navy in Korea I believe. It is hard to imagine anyone faced with these circumstances, my heart breaks for the people.
There have been many civil wars in my memory (and many wars I did not notice being protected from current affairs), but I think it is the invasion by Russia of somewhere close enough to home that makes this shocking for me. I accidentally heard news today and got upset listening to stories of ordinary Ukrainians taking up arms to try maintain their freedoms.
There have been many civil wars in my memory (and many wars I did not notice being protected from current affairs), but I think it is the invasion by Russia of somewhere close enough to home that makes this shocking for me. I accidentally heard news today and got upset listening to stories of ordinary Ukrainians taking up arms to try maintain their freedoms.
If you don't know, just accept the first answer on google...