2006-09-03 13:14:22 · 15 answers · asked by Sven Sonoma 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Cause they weren't around then.
2006-09-03 13:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by Egroeg_Rorepme 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Believe it or not, I joined the army infantry a yera and a half before Pearl Harbor, I was there during the attack. I came back and was sent to Europe where I fought all the way into Czechoslovakia, and stayed there for another year and a half as liaison officer.
I can't tell you the date of D-day. Somehow exact dates don't seem that important to me. So if I don't know it, I can understand others not knowing it.
2006-09-03 13:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By the time the invasion of Normany happened in June, 1944, the fate of World War II was already largely decided. The Germans were already on their knees, having been thoroughly hammered by the Russians on the Eastern Front.
2006-09-03 13:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by keithdodds 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Schools have done a very poor job of teaching history or critical thinking to todays youth. Thus we end up with the bunch of ignorant morons I've seen on yahoo answers not everyone but a hefty percentage. I've no realistic hope that this will change soon unfortunately.
2006-09-07 07:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father was in the first wave of boats that landed on Normandy.
I can tell you how he described it, the feeling when his first landing boat was hit, and he was pulled from the water and send back on another boat. I can tell you how he described the smell of the artillery, and the sound, and feel of the sand.
But I have to look up the actual date. The dates and numbers are meaningless, except for school exams. We don't learn history from the dates. We learn it from the lessons and the concepts.
2006-09-03 13:24:55 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you weren't alive when it happened it's hard to remember the exact date because it becomes something you have to memorize. I have a hard time remembering my friends birth dates so I write it down.
I think it's more important to know that it happened and remember the event and what it means than the actual date.
2006-09-03 13:22:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do! D-Day= June 6th, 1944! Start of WW2= September 1st, 1939!
im 17 years old and a senior in high school! i knew this information even before they started to teach it in my classes! im really in to history, i watched the history channel all the time, im watching it right now! but your right, many people dont know this facts, mainly young teenagers!
2006-09-04 18:01:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the vets are dying off, sadly enough, along with those who were alive that day. Because the young people are spoiled brats who don't care about history. Because it was 60 years ago, and how easily we forget...
2006-09-04 05:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of people dont know not just the date of the invasion but they dont know much about WW2 in general simply ecuase a lot of them dont care i for one love history especially 20th century so i know WW2 through and through but a lot of poeple at least in the US are just very ignorant and feel very removed from the rest of the world and i sometimes think that it is a horrendous thing becuase a lot of poele not just kids my age but adults simply dont give a damn but on the other hand i see their logic
2006-09-03 13:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by Red Army Marshal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of Pearl Harbor.
2006-09-04 00:48:39 · answer #10 · answered by Lonewolf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "eyes of the world that looked upon"** the 29th ID and Big Red One & others, are old and have died out...unfortunately.....
2006-09-03 14:06:20 · answer #11 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋