Amazing how insane mankind can be, and this is my grandparents generation. Not far away at all.
It's odd though, I'm reading a book about the Great Escape from Stalagluft 111, that inspired the classic movie. While some of that was dramatic license most of it was true but the only real reason the break-out became famous was because most of the escapers were shot. 50 of them, shot in the back by the Gestapo while they were urinating in fields on lonely country lanes. What amazes me was not that this action drew enormous outrage, I'm sure most would agree that it rightly should, but when you look at the insanity all around - the massive slaughter on the Eastern front etc - I was just a bit surprised that the Red Cross and allied governments spent any time demanding an inquiry at the highest level. The rules of war had been broken you see. That's the odd bit for me: It's OK for Germany to invade half the world, cause immense suffering and destroy any amount of priceless European cities, as long as they stick to the rules? ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Jaw-Dropping Visualization Will Give You New Respect For The Sheer Number Who Died In WWII Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows The Sheer Number Who Died In WWII http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/world-war-two-fatalities-visualized_n_7526390.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/world-war-two-fatalities-visualized_n_7526390.html Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows The Sheer Number... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/world-war-two-fatalities-visualized_n_7526390.html It's all too easy to think of anything counted in the millions as an abstraction -- even if it's World War II, and the topic at hand is the millions of live... View on www.huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/world-war-two-fatalities-visualized_n_7526390.html Preview by Yahoo
