(December 6, 2018 at 12:43 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I love WWII history. That's a result of hanging out with a bunch of gaming geeks in college who liked to engage in military simulations and battles for fun, and talk about the tools involved in such battles. World War 2 history is a rich source of fascination for me. Sadly, I've gotten rid of any books I had on the subject, and spend little time on the subject any more.
I guess I am getting into it now, considering our current global politics and how WW3 should be avoided. The level of cruelty inflicted by humans on each other. It isn't as much a fascination for me as it is how humans in groups can be both extremely cruel and at the same time extremely compassionate in the face of these horrible conflicts.
It is important history to understand, especially now in the age of nukes. 50 million humans friend and foe, military and civilians died as a result of the vile ideology of one man. Humanity is more fragile in this respect than we'd like to accept.
