90 Years today the battle of the Somme started.
This one event of the Great War cost thousands of lives on both sides.
139 days and the Allies advanced just 6 miles.
It saddens me to think that The Great War and the Second World War are slowly slipping into distant memories and that the youth of today are not told of what happened.
So few are now alive from these wars. Any survivors of the Great War are over 100 years of age. They will soon be all gone. The survivors of the Second World War get fewer by the year. Soon there will be no one to tell the tales, just books and film.
I find it very very sad to think that all those lives were lost and soon the memories of these people will be all but forgotten.
God Bless their Souls.
and
Thank You.
This one event of the Great War cost thousands of lives on both sides.
139 days and the Allies advanced just 6 miles.
It saddens me to think that The Great War and the Second World War are slowly slipping into distant memories and that the youth of today are not told of what happened.
So few are now alive from these wars. Any survivors of the Great War are over 100 years of age. They will soon be all gone. The survivors of the Second World War get fewer by the year. Soon there will be no one to tell the tales, just books and film.
I find it very very sad to think that all those lives were lost and soon the memories of these people will be all but forgotten.
God Bless their Souls.
and
Thank You.
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