War Graves

[Win2Win]

Has anyone here visited any of the war cemetries around the planet?

I went to the one in Singapore, and it's a pretty moving experience when you realise just how many graves are present. Walking amongst them you soon realise that the vast majority were only around 20 when they died.

[lowe1]

I have been the one in Caan and hope to visit the one in Tobruk Libya as soon as i get a day off , i agree very moving experience when visiting these places and it puts everything into perspective. We all agree that the guys in Iraq have done a brilliant job but the 2nd world war is something else , none of the technology they have these days

[MattR]

Yes, I've seen a few along the Normandy coast from the second world war and also a couple in Ypres and Passchendaele in Belgium from the first world war. Very moving and I'll always remember one gravestone that was a 16yr old Canadian. To think he'd come all that way at such a young age to fight for his country and died probably within a matter of weeks perhaps days. Very sad. Really brings home what they went through. Would reccommend a visit to the Normandy beaches as well. To stand at the end of the beach and look back to what they had to face when landing you wonder how on earth anyone survived let alone broke through the german lines. All these young thugs who think they are so hard ought to take a trip there and see what real bravery is.

[mathare]

I did the WWI battlefields as a kid/teen and also one of the Czech concentration camps when I was about 16. Stunning, moving stuff.

[piggy]

unfortunatley ive never had the chance to visit any war graves, my father did visit bergen belsen concentration camp in the 50's when he was stationed in germany and said it was one of the most moving experiences of his life not a blade of grass grew or a single birdsong could be heard it was as if nature itself had given up on such a terrible place.

[Mattw07]

I havent been to any war graves, but seeing the Korean war memorial in washington was definately a moving experiance, for a war i didnt really no anything about when you see the numbers of lives lost, it really makes you think, i belive not exactly sure but the US lost 50,000 soldiers! It was very much a sobering experiance...