Jan 26 1945 Auschwitz

[CINDERS]

I look at it as a generation thing at that period in time like most things and how they cycle - we should never forget the past or those that gave their all so we could have all but there comes a time when the accountability has to stop and people move on sad to say there are some WWII vets that will not speak to a Japanese person yet there are others who will I cannot blame them for their experiences have cast the mold.
No matter what era we live in conflict/wars/famine and subducation will always be a part of our matrix in society today and to be truthful no matter the era I feel there were no romantic times 1800's you had Crimea, 1890's-1900's Boar war, 1914 - 1918 WWI, 1930's the depression, 1939-1945 WWII, 1950's Korea, others like Malaya, Vietnam, Gulf War, Afghanistan cont with a myriad of minor conflicts.

WWII accounted for @50 million souls the Russian losses are not factored into this but they have been estimated to be in the region @20+ million for WWII and still even in our world the war continues under a different guise.

I had the pleasure of working with a WWII vet when a farmhand he had a few colorful stories to tell, one was they were advancing on the Germans when he said all hell seemed to erupt his 303 rifle was shot from his hands in that battle he was taken prisoner and ended up at a Stalag.
Rations were not plentiful and a plan was hatched to get some potatoes from a field outside the wire John said he would go and he went under the wire, he had managed to get some in his tunic when he said he heard a sound behind him and as he turned he came face to face with a German guard with his rifle aimed at him. There was nothing he could do and he expected to be shot there and then but to his surprise the guard said to hurry up and get back to his hut and that if (He) the guard ever caught him outside the wire again he would shoot him dead. John never went outside the wire again. So all cannot be judged by the actions of a few.

John Warburton a friend R.I.P