Manila, Hiroshima, and the Bomb

[joebloggs]

I know my Wifes LOLO mentions hiding from the Japanese in Bamboo trees.

many countries suffered at the hands of the japanese and germans

the Baltic states suffered in a simliar way to the phils being invaded by the japs then the americans, but invaded by the nazi's and then the Russians.

my mom use to tell me , she remembered when she was at school the nazi fighters planes flying over her school in lithuania, and that was it, the country was invaded, and the germans burning all the lithunaian school books and replacing them with german ones, my mom ended up speaking perfect german

i think by the ended of WW2, one out of three who lived in the baltics were dead by the end of WW2

[somebody]

many countries suffered at the hands of the japanese and germans

the Baltic states suffered in a simliar way to the phils being invaded by the japs then the americans, but invaded by the nazi's and then the Russians.

my mom use to tell me , she remembered when she was at school the nazi fighters planes flying over her school in lithuania, and that was it, the country was invaded, and the germans burning all the lithunaian school books and replacing them with german ones, my mom ended up speaking perfect german

i think by the ended of WW2, one out of three who lived in the baltics were dead by the end of WW2

Yes the Eastern front was a horrfic war and puts the loses England had to endure bvery much in the shade again very little is known of in the Uk I have read and listen to a few historians on the goings on there and very hard to take in what actually happened the figures are jsut so big

[Pete/London]

Yes the Eastern front was a horrfic war and puts the loses England had to endure bvery much in the shade again very little is known of in the Uk I have read and listen to a few historians on the goings on there and very hard to take in what actually happened the figures are jsut so big

It was known by the older generations, incredible sacrifices, I thought there was about 25 million dead as a result of the war in the east. This country used to run convoys to the Baltic states with huge losses. I was a post war baby but I cant remember ever being taught modern history. We had a Lithuanian teacher who was as hard as nails.

[joebloggs]

but I cant remember ever being taught modern history.

from what i remember from my history school days, we learnt about the Romans and Victorian times

not the sacrifices which went on in WW2 , the excellent TV program 'The world at War' should be compulsory in history lessons.