"Greatest Generation" rethink?

[Woodznutz]

Why wasn't I told this sooner?

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[fncceo]

Why was I told this sooner?

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The Greatest Generation refers to the generation who grew up during the Great Depression and went on to fight and win The Second World War.

They aren't the generation who fought in the First World War.

So, if the Germans of The Second World War had bad things to say about their American occupiers well ...

I'm having a hard time working up any sympathy for The Nazis

After finding what they did in the Nazi Death Camps, and the German's total lack of remorse for their horrible crimes, it is the greatest testament to the mercy and compassion of The Greatest Generation that they didn't slaughter every man, woman, and child in the defeated Germany.

That punishment would have been completely and utterly deserved.

 

[rightwinger]

By 1918, most of the British, French and German forces were burnt out and were tired of four years of senseless stalemate and life in the trenches

The US brought in fresh troops that turned the tide of the war

 

[Uncensored2008]

By 1918, most of the British, French and German forces were burnt out and were tired of four years of senseless stalemate and life in the trenches

The US brought in fresh troops that turned the tide of the war

You're not very bright, and you hate America - which is why you failed to grasp the central theme of the article.

What distinguished the Americans was that the officers and the enlisted were of the same caste that officers were not "above" the enlisted, merely in charge of them.

 

[Woodznutz]

The Greatest Generation refers to the generation who grew up during the Great Depression and went on to fight and win The Second World War.

They aren't the generation who fought in the First World War.

So, if the Germans of The Second World War had bad things to say about their American occupiers well ...

I'm having a hard time working up any sympathy for The Nazis

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After finding what they did in the Nazi Death Camps, and the German's total lack of remorse for their horrible crimes, it is the greatest testament to the mercy and compassion of The Greatest Generation that they didn't slaughter every man, woman, and child in the defeated Germany.

That punishment would have been completely and utterly deserved.

That's pretty harsh.

 

[rightwinger]

The Greatest Generation refers to the generation who grew up during the Great Depression and went on to fight and win The Second World War.

They aren't the generation who fought in the First World War.

Agree

The OP doesn’t know what he is talking about

 

[gipper]

Why wasn't I told this sooner?

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Do you think the American soldier of WWII was different from that of WWI?

 

[gipper]

Agree

The OP doesn’t know what he is talking about

Read the op title. See ”rethink.”

 

[Woodznutz]

Agree

The OP doesn’t know what he is talking about

Please read the OP carefully.

 

[Woodznutz]

Do you think the American soldier of WWII was different from that of WWI?

I dunno.

 

[gipper]

Please read the OP carefully.

He could read it a dozen times and still not comprehend.

 

[gipper]

I dunno.

I doubt the character of the American soldier changed much in roughly 20 years.

 

[Woodznutz]

One thing that distinguished the American soldier in those wars is that they would often exercise the initiative on the battlefield in the absence of official/officer leadership if they knew what the objective was.

 

[Woodznutz]

He could read it a dozen times and still not comprehend.

Maybe he just doesn't like me.

 

[rightwinger]

Please read the OP carefully.

The OP has no clue as to who the Greatest Generation is……you obviously share his opinion

 

[Woodznutz]

I doubt the character of the American soldier changed much in roughly 20 years.

Probably true.

 

[Woodznutz]

The OP has no clue as to who the Greatest Generation is……you obviously share his opinion

It's my OP.
If I were referring to the 'doughboys' as the "greatest generation" what in the link would lead one to believe it should be reconsidered?

 

[gipper]

It's my OP.
If I were referring to the 'doughboys' as the "greatest generation" what in the link would lead one to believe it should be reconsidered?

I told you he is slow.

 

[Woodznutz]

I told you he is slow.

Let's give him another chance.

 

[gipper]

Let's give him another chance.

He used up all his chances with me, years ago.