Terms of Reference-1939-1945

[Bill Murray]

Well Shoot:

I have read many times that European nations considered the "1914-1918" war as the "Great War".

Further, that WWII or the Second World
War as the Europeans call it was considered by most in Europe/the Commonwealth as the 1939-1945 War.

Of course nowadays, we don't date wars that much and with all the support from our allies, primarily Commonwealth countries, we just seem to call them by some Generic Name. The Korean War, the Vietnam War, and to skip to more current affairs " The First Gulf War" and I guess "The "Current Gulf War".

And Steve, as you so rightly point out the US Marines tend to be fairly simplistic about wars. One, Two and some other nasty bits that did not qualify in American public opinion as Three. I speak as a former Marine Grunt and the son of a retired Marine Major General with one large ton of personal decorations that were well earned. About a third of which were earned in Korea which only qualified as a "Police Action" in the terms of the day.


Hmmm. Not sure why I even posted on this thread but it caught my interest. Better try another Scotch.
Bill