We had to go into WWII (From Oxford Mail)
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We had to go into WWII
10:00am Friday 27th April 2012 in Letters
FOR KSJ Hill’s information, the UK declared war on Germany in 1939 not simply because the Nazis had invaded Poland, but also because that country was an ally of ours and we respected the treaty, as they would have, I dare say.
This was not, therefore, a matter of “fighting other people’s wars”.
Besides, on what authority does he claim we “were not threatened by the Germans” – or that we would not soon have been?
He may also care to note, in passing, that his letter was printed on the date that Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) began at sunset, as indicated on my multilingual calendar, printed in Germany, now part of a fairly free and civilised Europe, as it happens.
DAVID DIMENT Riverside Court Oxford
Zaxharias Ziegla says...
8:38pm Sat 28 Apr 12
In mentioming Holocaust Remembrance Day he too coveniently forgets Polish anti-Semitism (Poland "an ally of ours"), which was historically speaking equal to, or worse, than in Germany and Austria (where Jewish people had increasingly flourished for two-hundred years). Oh, the ironies of history!
If this summer doesn't improve soon, might I suggest DD spend the next few weeks reading "The Forced War" by David L Hoggan.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I try to make a small conscious effort to imagine all the holocausts of history, which few people's are free from.