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Old 8th Oct 2013, 12:44
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Originally Posted by gr4techie
I believe some countries (like Germany) don't celebrate the war, as there see war as a bad thing not be be glorified.
Not quite.

We were invited to a memorial air show at Oldenberg one November. It was an 'at home' for the local townsfolk as well.

And of the French, they had an historically low birth rate approaching WW1 so their losses were proportionally worse as well.
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