World War II: Loss of life visualized

[Eight Ball]

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[QuiGon]

Powerful video. Thanks for sharing.

It makes you think :(

[StandingCow]

Wow, thanks for sharing!

 

Really terrifying to think what the next "superpower" war would cost in casualties, especially to civillians, with the way weapons have evolved.

[636_Castle]

Incredible video. Thanks for the share Eight Ball.

[KLR Rico]

That's incredible... it's hard to appreciate numbers on such large scales, but this certainly helps visualize it. It's crazy to think that each tick mark is an entire thousand human lives cut short.

[Goldsmack]

Unbelievable, the shear scale of death and human suffering during times of war is staggering and this video helps one appreciate the cost and sacrifice of those young men and women allied and axis. Most youth today give little or no thought of this except for the stylized versions in Call of duty or medal of honor and the worst thing to them is losing there internet connection (me 2 :music_whistling:). I cannot express how thankful I am to live In a free country Like Canada thanks to all who served. Thank you for posting this. It is a reminder to live life to its fullest and be thankful for every day you have. Men and women of the armed forces I salute you.

[Sabre-TLA]

Very moving. Thanks for sharing that.

 

I appreciate every minute of my life living in a free society as a direct result of the efforts and lives given by our military and many others. They have my deepest respect and admiration.

 

They say if you forget the past you are doomed to repeat it. I sure hope we never forget the price paid.

[Kuky]

I don't really like this video. While it does show massive life loss during WWII, it does contain some propaganda (I will not go into details which). You might think and say you need to be grateful for this and that but you can never truly be that unless you experienced this yourself. Its just the way it is, you will get sad feeling, but when video is finished, your life and opinions you held before you watched it, will continue. Proof if this is that no mater how many history books we have (and let me remind you, they change with change of regime, and always there are things which are left out on purpose, which should make you think) the history keeps repeating itself over and over. And reason for this is, generations that haven't been through wars like this (any major war) do not know (simply cannot know) what it really means, you can say what you like, its the way it is. All it takes to get into yet another conflict is for someone to use politics, mix some patriotism, few fabrications and assumptions and scare people from this and that boogieman, and eventually there you have it... yet another war.

Edited July 11, 2016 by Kuky