Wise words, aa62, and we should never forget the lessons of history lest we be doomed to repeat them again and again.
Having said that, this thread is about the past. It is about WWII and its immediate aftermath, not withstanding the even more restrictive setting of the OP from which we have strayed, but within generally agreed bounds. It is certainly not about modern social and political mores as Ic9 gently reminds us. I would merely, and just as gently, include in that the EU, Brexit, and comparing dyed in the wool opposers of Brexit with Guy Fawkes!
Let us leave all such thoughts to other forums and other threads and stick to the matter in hand; the Dédée Line", the duty and sacrifice that entailed, and the terrible attitudes and forces that it was confronted with.