Blacksheep I think you will find that a lot of Servicemen DID/DO suffer terrible mental illness after the World wars! It just wasn't recognised as easily or exposed as much ( not very British don't you know!)
I wish people would stop trying to belittle the effects these two unjust and pointless wars are having on young lives everywhere, the attitude of
"we/they had it much worse and were fine" is such a load of bollox, terrible things happen in war to young men and women and they need the full and unquestioning support of their country and government to help them through it.
Look at the
massive problems experienced by the Americans since Vietnam.