eppo said..FormulaNova said..
One of my earliest memories about Anzacs was when they taught us about it in history at high school. The futility of landing on a beach and getting decimated by people in the cliffs.
If everyone is taught the same thing in school, then there should be no misunderstanding of it being a victory.
Maybe it does get diluted down as people forget what it was about or what a waste it was and people just see it as a chance to have a day to drink and do nothing?
If anything, maybe it 'celebrates' mateship and looking after others? Whether that's a popular thing in today's world is a different discussion.
No it's pretty much taught like you said. Including the bumbling British command.
Good to hear. If nothing else, reminding kids of these things is a reminder that bad and stupid things can happen.
I guess for the people in command they had no other idea and just throwing people at the problem seemed to be the solution. A very different response would be needed if you had to actually do what your troops were doing..
