It's really great that Lilly is learning about the war at school such a young age. I don't think we covered the war at all when I was Lilly's age. We probably learned Australia's involvement in the war, which would have been covered in high school. But I've learned a lot more about the war as an adult, my interest beginning with the holocaust. My father joined the Royal Marines in June 1942. My mother was 3 years old when the war broke out. So, as a child, being at war was all she knew about. It was a bit of a surprise for her when the war finally came to an end and people were celebrating in the streets.
Great job Steve, we hear too many people and places wanting to change our history or apologise for it! None of them ever think about what could have happened and how free they'd be to even try and criticise anyone! You'll learn real history through Grandad Lilly x
Lilly, very cool you watched this and showed interest. Steve, glad to see you show Lilly some history. Watching, instead of being lectured in a classroom is so much better, seeing it play out (recreated for learning purposes of course) you really grasp the situation. Excellent. My family ancestry comes from UK (mother's and father's) (Canadian) I like to read about history and impressed with UK achievements during periods of war. 'Sun never set on the Commonwealth'
If I had kids, I'd be sharing with them history, the size of the universe, every bit of information just to expand their minds and for them to think for themselves and not let others do their thinking for them. Even music, that's another area, giving them an eclectic taste of what the world has to offer. Of course, a child has to be interested. Can't force them to learn if they don't want to. I liked learning, but I hated school :P
"Authoritarian schooling a catalogue of damage", David Gribble. How many folks contemplating a tyranny in the past notice a tyranny now continuing right under all our noses ?
We have come a long way, and I hope we never forget. All of the UK sacrificed, every person contributed to defeating German tyranny. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for showing Lilly this story, my parents met in Germany after the Second World War, my mum was a local farmhand, but herfamily was in the German armed forces and met my dad who was a cook in the British army who was stationed in Germany. She followed him to England by boat in 1950 when he had to return and married him in Islington. My mum’s brother Otto was in the German luftwaffe and her other brother Walter, was in the German SS …..she had 5 children before moving to Woolwich and weirdly enough my two older brothers ended up joining the Royal Artillery (which had a garrison in Woolwich) when they were older. My uncle Walter even visited us later on and told us some great stories about the war and how Germany had changed.
It's so important that children learn about WWII and the sacrifices that people made that eventually led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. If the UK had been knocked out of the war then Hitler would have had a free hand in Europe to concentrate all his forces against the Soviet Union instead of having to divert some to face Britain. We could now be living in a very dark and bleak world indeed. Also, on rationing, it's worth remembering that it didn't end with the war, and some items were rationed well into the 1950s.
Very interesting documentary about events from the past that determine our present. Defeating tyranny required many sacrifices. 10:35 Radar was a top-secret high-tech war technology at the time, especially the new compact, robust and powerful high-frequency generator: the magnetron, which could also be easily installed in aircraft and which only the Allies had. Today this ingenious and decisive invention works in every microwave oven for a few pounds or euros.
@@Arthur.in.the.Fridge Here in the West we can choose our government and there is freedom of speech, no one is politically persecuted like in the Third Reich. Or not? We all owe this to the victory over Germany and Italy in World War II, especially with the help of the USA.
It's really great that Lilly is learning about the war at school such a young age.
I don't think we covered the war at all when I was Lilly's age. We probably learned Australia's involvement in the war, which would have been covered in high school. But I've learned a lot more about the war as an adult, my interest beginning with the holocaust.
My father joined the Royal Marines in June 1942.
My mother was 3 years old when the war broke out. So, as a child, being at war was all she knew about. It was a bit of a surprise for her when the war finally came to an end and people were celebrating in the streets.
Great job Steve, we hear too many people and places wanting to change our history or apologise for it! None of them ever think about what could have happened and how free they'd be to even try and criticise anyone! You'll learn real history through Grandad Lilly x
sweet Lily
Lilly, very cool you watched this and showed interest. Steve, glad to see you show Lilly some history. Watching, instead of being lectured in a classroom is so much better, seeing
it play out (recreated for learning purposes of course) you really grasp the situation. Excellent. My family ancestry comes from UK (mother's and father's) (Canadian) I like to read
about history and impressed with UK achievements during periods of war. 'Sun never set on the Commonwealth'
If I had kids, I'd be sharing with them history, the size of the universe, every bit of information just to expand their minds and for them to think for themselves and not let others do their thinking for them.
Even music, that's another area, giving them an eclectic taste of what the world has to offer. Of course, a child has to be interested. Can't force them to learn if they don't want to. I liked learning, but I hated school :P
"Authoritarian schooling a catalogue of damage", David Gribble. How many folks contemplating a tyranny in the past notice a tyranny now continuing right under all our noses ?
We have come a long way, and I hope we never forget. All of the UK sacrificed, every person contributed to defeating German tyranny. Thank you for sharing!
From German tyranny to global tyranny. We haven't gone very far at all.
Thanks for showing Lilly this story, my parents met in Germany after the Second World War, my mum was a local farmhand, but herfamily was in the German armed forces and met my dad who was a cook in the British army who was stationed in Germany. She followed him to England by boat in 1950 when he had to return and married him in Islington. My mum’s brother Otto was in the German luftwaffe and her other brother Walter, was in the German SS …..she had 5 children before moving to Woolwich and weirdly enough my two older brothers ended up joining the Royal Artillery (which had a garrison in Woolwich) when they were older. My uncle Walter even visited us later on and told us some great stories about the war and how Germany had changed.
So has Britain.
The Battle of Britain was make-or-break for Britain against Germany, particularity with the US not yet fighting in the war.
It's so important that children learn about WWII and the sacrifices that people made that eventually led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. If the UK had been knocked out of the war then Hitler would have had a free hand in Europe to concentrate all his forces against the Soviet Union instead of having to divert some to face Britain. We could now be living in a very dark and bleak world indeed. Also, on rationing, it's worth remembering that it didn't end with the war, and some items were rationed well into the 1950s.
We are living in a very dark and bleak world.
Very interesting documentary about events from the past that determine our present. Defeating tyranny required many sacrifices. 10:35 Radar was a top-secret high-tech war technology at the time, especially the new compact, robust and powerful high-frequency generator: the magnetron, which could also be easily installed in aircraft and which only the Allies had. Today this ingenious and decisive invention works in every microwave oven for a few pounds or euros.
Tyranny has not yet been defeated.
@@Arthur.in.the.Fridge Here in the West we can choose our government and there is freedom of speech, no one is politically persecuted like in the Third Reich. Or not? We all owe this to the victory over Germany and Italy in World War II, especially with the help of the USA.