"The bitter taste of victory: why May 1945 was not a time" Topic
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| Tango01 | 14 May 2020 10:37 p.m. PST |
… of celebration for everyone. "Across Europe the killings continued, and millions were starving, homeless and traumatised. Little wonder, writes Keith Lowe, that celebrations marking the end of the war were often muted On 8 May 1945, huge crowds took to the streets to drink and dance the night away in Paris and Brussels, just as they did in London. But according to the French newspaper Libération, "It was only the young who felt exuberant" – among the older generations there was, instead, an air of indefinable melancholy…"
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| forrester | 15 May 2020 2:21 a.m. PST |
It's a fair comment that the end of the war in Europe simply meant a new phase of suffering brutality and death for many.Wars of this magnitude don't end "cleanly". |
 Legion 4   | 15 May 2020 11:37 a.m. PST |
Very true, many settled scores, many remained in POW camps, and many still died. Some places continued fighting as they did before and during the war … |
| Tango01 | 15 May 2020 12:45 p.m. PST |
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