Do you think that the WORLD would be a better place if all those young men didn't DIE in the 2 World wars?

Question

Many of those young men could have become award-winning doctors or scientist that may have invented something revolutionary. All you can do is wonder i suppose

Answer 1

My world would have been a better place, I would have grown up knowing my dad, he got killed in Germany 1945, just before it all ended. My mother never met anyone else and spent the rest of her life moaning the wonderful man she loved so much and lost. Now ever day we here of young men dieing in foreign lands again, they have families who will moan their lose forever.
THERE WAS A POINT TO WORLD WAR 2, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD MY DAD DIED FOR A CAUSE AND SO MY GRANDCHILDREN COULD HAVE THE LIFE THEY HAVE TODAY, I HOPE THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO ARE LOSING THERE LIVES NOW WILL FIND SOME COMFORT ALSO.!!!

Answer 2

This is a very interesting question.It is reckoned that in the First World War Britain lost some of its finest young men.That would no doubt be true of other nations too like France and Germany.It would also be true in World War 2. Truly the cost in terms of loss of life was enormous.So many cut off in their prime. And yet what is often forgotten especially by those who oppose military action is that there is always a cost to not taking action as well.For example If Hitler and the Nazis had not been opposed,we would be living under the rule of tyrants,rather than enjoying the freedoms we have.So on balance the answer is No.Let us hope so ,else they died in vain.

Answer 3

No.
Most of the men volunteered and they died to protect or freedom. also many more jews etc would have been killed im ww2 during the holocaust and the suffering would probably still be continuing if these men didnt intervene and fight for our freedom aswell as all the millions of innocent civillians being persecuted.

It is a sad thing and yes ideally there should be no wars but we dont live in an ideal world. I am a pacifist but i believe that MOST wars are fought for the right reasons.

The past is the past we shouldnt dwell and we should be grateful for their courage and bravery that saved us from the clutches of tyrants. We owe these men our lives.

Answer 4

This is something that often occurs to me as I walk past war memorials. We don't know what we lost.
Very recently I was walking through a cemetery and looked at some commonwealth war graves. The thing that struck me was that there were quite senior ranks buried - Captain, Major, Sqd Leader, then I saw the ages - 23, 24!
They were kids, and they died.
I was a member of a Geological society at university. I once saw it's membership role for the 1940's. 50 members in 1939, of which 9 were left in 1945.

Answer 5

Do you think. I mean, look at this way. Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Attila the Hun, Hannibal, the Egyptians slew hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in their bids to conquer the know world during their times. Do you think some of those people would have been doctors, lawyers, clergy, writers, scientists and so on?

Answer 6

The question is what kind of a world would we live in if WWII didn't occur. Public and political moral changed in a fundamental way due to the latest world war.
Many of the ideas which was widly accepted worldwide before this war is not accepted today

Answer 7

you would think that the fact that people remember the wars and know people that fought in them would make sure such needless killing would never happen again. men in offices start wars. when i was younger I thought it was so obvious how pointless war is that we would never be in danger of another one- of course i didn't know that the american weapons industry could do with a war every now and again, plus with all those gas guzzlers you need to pick up oil wherever you can....
better stop before i start ranting

Answer 8

What if...hmmm, from the other side...
If the ones that survived had NOT had the experience, they may not have been so motivated to acomplish what they did.
The world might still be living with 1930's technology.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

its always a thought but it also applies to 12m plus civilians killed in WW2 also and another thought is procreation would have made another 2/3 billion people on this planet is that how it is supposed to be, no one can answer that really