WW1 and beyond
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:30 pm
When we think of casualties in wars we tend to count the number of dead as the final tole when in reality the tally is far, far higher.
I thought I'd post some photos as an example to illustrate this -but once again they need resized for some daft reason! They'll follow later..GRRR Why is there such a daft system oin here, why not just have them up to a certain size, say 200KB
Anyway, my grandfather was in the BEF, when he married in early 1918 his stated occupation was Soldier, BEF - his wife, my grandmother was a munitions worker. Now if he had been killed in action the spin off was as follows:
No more elder son, ergo my uncle and his two kid PLUS their 2 kids PLUS
No more younger son, ergo my father - his three kids and their subsequent 5 grandchildren and 4 GREAT grandchildren
That's EIGHTEEN people that would never have born due to just ONE death - now multiply that by say 6 MILLION and look what war has cost humanity! Potential doctors, scientists, maybe a cure for cancer, altzheimers, parkinsons, common cold - who can tell.
Will we ever learn?
I thought I'd post some photos as an example to illustrate this -but once again they need resized for some daft reason! They'll follow later..GRRR Why is there such a daft system oin here, why not just have them up to a certain size, say 200KB
Anyway, my grandfather was in the BEF, when he married in early 1918 his stated occupation was Soldier, BEF - his wife, my grandmother was a munitions worker. Now if he had been killed in action the spin off was as follows:
No more elder son, ergo my uncle and his two kid PLUS their 2 kids PLUS
No more younger son, ergo my father - his three kids and their subsequent 5 grandchildren and 4 GREAT grandchildren
That's EIGHTEEN people that would never have born due to just ONE death - now multiply that by say 6 MILLION and look what war has cost humanity! Potential doctors, scientists, maybe a cure for cancer, altzheimers, parkinsons, common cold - who can tell.
Will we ever learn?