what is the reality of war like?

Question

What is the reality of war like?

What kind of adjustments or sacrifices does one make in his or her daily life when involved in fighting a war?

Answer 1

I wasn't old enough to fight in the WW2, but I lived through it, and the terror of the Blitz. The sirens would sound that an Air raid was imminent, and you would no matter what you were doing, you would run to the air raid shelter. Then you would wait until you could hear the drone of the German Aircraft. You hoped and prayed that they would not be dropping bombs on your house. Then it would start, and the first thing you heard was the whump, whump of incediary bombs falling all around. Then the anti aircraft guns would start firing as the bombers were caught in their searchlights. Then you would hear the screaming of the bombs coming down and then the explosions of them all around you. You held your breath in case one of them dropped on you. . But we were very lucky, and all we had was incendiary bombs on our roof which burnt throgh the roof and the attic ceiling into the bedrooms. When the raid was over, you came out of your shelter and went out on the street to see the damage. The main road by us was on fire from end to end. All the shops including woolworths were blown away. These shops were just 300 yards from where we lived. Then we had a daylight raid about 2pm. when we were all in school. all the schools had air raid shelters in the playgrounds and we were all rushed into these. We all just sat there again wondering if we would be hit. Luckily they went for the docks instead, but some stray bombs had hit a tram full of people and some had fallen in the cemetry. There were corpses blown out of their graves, and some had been blown up into the trees. Houses alongside had all their roofs blown off. Our daily life was run by these air raids. You never knew when they would come and what their target was. WE lived on our nerves. but despite all of this, the schools didn't close., the shops and cinemas kept open to try to keep some normality. in our lives.

Answer 2

As a serviceman I think the adjustments and sacrafices are your own making. Afterall when you join up for any of the forces, you know what you are getting into. If you don't then there is something seriously wrong with your judgement.

War is part and parcel of military life. The only reality is when you turn up in a war zone you might not be coming back. If you can't get your head round that then maybe you should not be going.

My wife has always said that she never married me, she married the navy because they dictate what, where and when. After being married for 16 years, maybe that is why we are still together. She has only had to live with me for 8 of those years.

Answer 3

My mother was 12 when the second world war broke out, she lived in London with her parents - until her twilight years she would recall the fear of the air raids, of the blackout etc, when she was evacuated for a short time, that her family were so poor that they couldn't even afford all of their rations, how her own mother would go without food so that the husband and children could eat. Her father even had a profession; a policeman, but people were poor then, very poor and it was widespread. She remembered only seeing her father cry once, and that was after a german bomb had hit a school full of children in Catford, SE London and he had to sort through the rubble looking for bodies.

The hardships and heartache of war were carried with my mother through her life, and she instilled good values in me from her experiences.

Answer 4

The true reality of being in combat (if that is what you mean) cannot be explained. One has to experience it to understand it,

Those that have been in combat don't talk of it. Folks that throw around the war horror stories 99.9% are telling lies.

Only attempt at a good answer is that it will bring out the best and worst in those that are participants.

Answer 5

i would imagine like standing on the edge of a cliff with a strong back wind and a broken ankle,pretty cucking scary.wouldnt it be great if all men and women all over the world said damn it im not fighting and refused to get involved in war and stuff what would happen,no troops no army no nothing.that would shaft the leaders good and proper. as ive said before, war does not decide who is right ,it only decides who is left. that is really sad.

Answer 6

Yeah I hate the little numpty's, in case you do not have a valid argument approximately something and in basic terms attack it it in basic terms exhibits how unhappy you're for in basic terms desiring the two factors and that i'm nonetheless waiting for the day once I see a reasonable argument for no longer having certainty television and can then provide it a tu. Why is RTV centred lots whilst different matters escape it?

Answer 7

I would like if this question was answered seriously because I am 46 and until 911, I felt safe and that day it felt completely scary, I felt if any moment something else was going to happen, I can not imagine the terror of war.

Answer 8

have to kill or die, this is the reality of war. from the very bigining of civilization we face war. why we r in war? time bring it for us.

Answer 9

If you haven't experienced it, you'll never know. In practice though, you just get on with life - eat, sleep, etc, but you keep your head down!

Answer 10

Everything!, Your friends, your family, you belief in humanity, and your trust of others. Your respect for your country and your belief in your own invulnerability.