tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post1371357430189315941..comments2024-03-29T01:26:41.971-04:00Comments on Ottawa Daily Photo: The Cost Of VictoryWilliam Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-60029764448446589912013-11-20T20:28:16.265-05:002013-11-20T20:28:16.265-05:00Thank you!Thank you!William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-27068049839873693652013-11-20T20:28:06.089-05:002013-11-20T20:28:06.089-05:00I would love to see Verdun some day. I would love to see Verdun some day. William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-79209790644672783882013-11-20T20:27:38.661-05:002013-11-20T20:27:38.661-05:00Too many people choose the other path.Too many people choose the other path.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-46962653186444191622013-11-20T20:27:22.484-05:002013-11-20T20:27:22.484-05:00It is, on both counts.It is, on both counts.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-75340915087879446102013-11-20T20:27:10.633-05:002013-11-20T20:27:10.633-05:00I remember an American vet saying that there are n...I remember an American vet saying that there are no good wars, but there are nessecary wars, because the alternative, doing nothing, will invite something much worse. World War Two certainly resolved a good deal of things that never got resolved by World War One, though it set the stage for a half century of tensions afterwards. The same sort of thing with Desert Storm- while it's justifiable and a masterpiece of how to conduct a war, it did end up having some unintended consequences, among them enraging Osama bin Laden.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-70662244690363768692013-11-20T14:58:43.189-05:002013-11-20T14:58:43.189-05:00This is fascinating!This is fascinating!Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685538277690762655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-89028554019051272822013-11-20T10:40:00.572-05:002013-11-20T10:40:00.572-05:00Big applause for the museum's curator. It'...Big applause for the museum's curator. It's not often one sees such a focus on WWI. If there's a lifetime trip one should make, I think it's to Verdun. Photographs of the monument/museum there don't do it justice. Over one million remains are in the charnel house below, with glimpses of the bones through lower windows as one walks around the monument. Then, we stayed at a French farmhouse that somewhat survived (later repaired) the nearby battle that was within a two-minute walk. Photographs on trees showed the devastation. But it was the still-visible trenches between armies, so incredibly close, that brought home the enormity of WWI. How anyone survived boggled the mind.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-28887166725454229382013-11-20T06:49:15.330-05:002013-11-20T06:49:15.330-05:00War museums make me wonder why humans think that b...War museums make me wonder why humans think that beating another country down will solve anything. We really need to work at creating peaceful solutions. Just saying.EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-25288043472740564592013-11-19T22:55:49.355-05:002013-11-19T22:55:49.355-05:00Looks like a really amazing museum, though such a ...Looks like a really amazing museum, though such a sad topic!Meradeth Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741790047121063893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-91358288369423677992013-11-19T22:55:14.425-05:002013-11-19T22:55:14.425-05:00The stained glass window here is a winner. There ...The stained glass window here is a winner. There is a Ph.D. thesis to be written about the futility of wars to fix anything. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the only war I can think of that might have fixed anything was WWII, ending Hitler's craziness, but it in turn resulted in the partition of Germany and the creation of divisions along the lines of Eastern and Western Europe.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-60625095651590182312013-11-19T20:28:49.696-05:002013-11-19T20:28:49.696-05:00I see a lot of them in church windows. There's...I see a lot of them in church windows. There's one in a church across from the Supreme Court here with a Galahad theme that I have to photograph sometime.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-5331445604871616372013-11-19T20:28:16.304-05:002013-11-19T20:28:16.304-05:00I often think the same. For me, the museum strikes...I often think the same. For me, the museum strikes home personally in the same way that November 11th does, because had it not been for the liberation of the Netherlands, starvation might have led to the deaths of at least one parent, and I wouldn't exist.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-20470367251774965442013-11-19T20:27:03.077-05:002013-11-19T20:27:03.077-05:00The great quandary. We are capable of a species of...The great quandary. We are capable of a species of such brutality... but at the same time, when we put our minds to it, we can accomplish wonderful things.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-49981589832756548882013-11-19T20:26:29.032-05:002013-11-19T20:26:29.032-05:00I am always drawn to stained glass windows.I am always drawn to stained glass windows.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-45895824504971363032013-11-19T20:26:14.188-05:002013-11-19T20:26:14.188-05:00Ours tries to strike a balance in various eras, th...Ours tries to strike a balance in various eras, though I've noticed in the WWII section that the lion's share of attention leans towards the European theatre. Perhaps because Canadians were more involved there than in the Pacific theatre.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-63863767018185195232013-11-19T20:24:55.618-05:002013-11-19T20:24:55.618-05:00I tend to think in numbers, so the higher death to...I tend to think in numbers, so the higher death toll, not to mention the added factor of the Holocaust. In terms of intensity of fighting, though, the Western Front particularly in the First World War seemed to be an endless hell on earth without a letup, something that was different in the Second World War, where we saw that sort of thing here and there, like Stalingrad or the islands in the Pacific, but there were times when it wasn't like that. I remember watching a documentary about areas in France and Belgium where there are still worries about mines and explosives decades after 1914-1918.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-89750574696448223772013-11-19T19:38:27.315-05:002013-11-19T19:38:27.315-05:00Another interesting post. Beautiful stained glass ...Another interesting post. Beautiful stained glass window. Chattahoochee Valley Dailyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914506234665827743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-86763768615775099722013-11-19T19:16:23.668-05:002013-11-19T19:16:23.668-05:00To think of my friends fighting in such a thing if...To think of my friends fighting in such a thing if it was to happen today really drives home the horrors of war, William.RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-68688678325039456022013-11-19T07:33:48.973-05:002013-11-19T07:33:48.973-05:00Wars are so brutal that one wonders what possesses...Wars are so brutal that one wonders what possesses mankind to continue this madness?!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-26307069105506424572013-11-19T07:24:54.294-05:002013-11-19T07:24:54.294-05:00i really like the stained glass...this is a nice m...i really like the stained glass...this is a nice museumTanya Breesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949602989774270159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-28952975989244326062013-11-19T03:11:00.427-05:002013-11-19T03:11:00.427-05:00I find it interesting to visit war museums in diff...I find it interesting to visit war museums in different countries to see different national views. The one in Paris at Les Invalides for example shows of course the wars from a French point of view. It is interesting to see that different elements are either highlighted or marginalized differently than what I was taught growing up in the States. (Quelle surprise.) The unvarying thing in common however are the horrors of combat. It looks like the Ottawa museum is no exception to this.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437925806350573745.post-56729472138808350182013-11-19T02:08:57.610-05:002013-11-19T02:08:57.610-05:00I'm not sure that WWII in itself (as war) was ...I'm not sure that WWII in itself (as war) was more terrible than WWI... When you are in the East of France, in some places the earth still bears the scars of WWI, a whole century afterwards.cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.com