Goodbye To All That

[poliphilo]

The move from 2018 to 2019 means we're out from under the shadow of the Great War. No more centenaries of peculiarly horrible battles- or at least not for another 96 years- by which time we may have other things on our minds.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Ah, but the war didn't end for everyone in 1918/9.

Wonder how Russia will commemorate what comes next?

[poliphilo]

That will be interesting.

[conuly]

I don't think it's 96 years until the centenaries of WWII battles

[poliphilo]

Well, no. But WWII has a different vibe. The allied nations look back on WWII as "their finest hour" whereas WWI is mostly viewed as tragic and wasteful and futile.