[SPOILER]To the mods: I don't plan to make this a regular thing. It just so happened that two major anniversaries fell next to each other.[/SPOILER]
On September 1st, 1939, in the early morning, German bombers dropped their payloads onto the town of Wieluń, Poland. What followed was a full-scale invasion, part of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's far-reaching ambitions for a restored German empire. Neither he, nor the other leaders of the world's major nations, suspected at the time that this was the beginning of the largest human conflict in history.
The war lasted 2,176 days. It ended on August 15th, 1945, on the other side of the planet, when the Japanese emperor sent out a general order for his soldiers to surrender.
Estimates for the loss of life due to the war vary dramatically. At the very least, the cost was in excess of 60,000,000 people.
A moment of silence for those lost.
On September 1st, 1939, in the early morning, German bombers dropped their payloads onto the town of Wieluń, Poland. What followed was a full-scale invasion, part of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's far-reaching ambitions for a restored German empire. Neither he, nor the other leaders of the world's major nations, suspected at the time that this was the beginning of the largest human conflict in history.
The war lasted 2,176 days. It ended on August 15th, 1945, on the other side of the planet, when the Japanese emperor sent out a general order for his soldiers to surrender.
Estimates for the loss of life due to the war vary dramatically. At the very least, the cost was in excess of 60,000,000 people.
A moment of silence for those lost.
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire