LOTR & WWII

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1036

Can't find the message that applies to this so posting it direct 
rather than as a reply.  LOTR is clearly not a retelling of WWII, and 
Tolkien said as much,  but I believe he also admitted that some
scenes in it were influenced by WWII experiences/events - not of the 
grand sweep of the war, but of things he experienced on the home 
front.  Things so influenced included descriptions of Mordor, and the 
chapter "The Scouring of the Shire".

-Brooks