[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: VE Day

[Ladi lyndi]

Geoff wrote:
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But that is why I 
think you will find that the 8th May date chimes more with Europeans 
than perhaps it does in the US because of the different ways in which 
the war impinged on folk. No insults are intended.....

Lynn:

No insult taken.  I agree that the impact of WWII was different in Europe than in the US for the reasons you have given.  The US didn't need to be 'liberated' or celebrate because the bombing stopped and the kids could return home.  The anniversary of Pearl Harbor has always been major because it was bombed and it brought the US formally into the war.  

However, I also think that the reason there is less emphasis on VE and VJ day in the US is because of our Memorial Day - the day we honor all those who have died in service to our country.  It is at that time, the end of May, that emphasis is on the different wars, from the civil war onward and the days the wars ended.  It's at that time that my history courses focused particularly on WWII.

A question to those who live in Australia - is VJ day widely celebrated in Australia as opposed to VE day?  That asked, the war memorial in Canberra is the best I've ever been to.  I recommend anyone who has a chance to walk the avenue and then check out the war memorial and museum.  Australians know how to do things right!

Lynn

 


 

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