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In World War One

  • Forty two million people were mobilised for the Allies
  • There were twenty two million casualties on the Allied side.
  • There are less than ten people alive left who fought.

    If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
    Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
    Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
    Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
    My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
    To children ardent for some desperate glory,
    The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
    Pro patria mori.

    In World War Two

  • Over 10% of the 1939 population of Germany were killed. 16% of Poland.
  • The soviet union suffered 10,700,000 military deaths.
  • The UK lost 382,600.
2 comments
  1. We do. I got quite miffed at someone asking today in a post if Armistice Day was still relevant. Since people are still being sent out to die in stupid ways for political ends, it is very relevant. Just as relevant now as it was then.

  2. Well said, I think this sums up my feelings about Remembrance Day and reactions to it from various quarters.

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