Does the Poppy also commemorate the German War dead , from two World Wars ?

how do you feel about poppies next year, for Brits dying in Ukraine or Gaza next week ? Why are Wars a constant ? when 1914-18 was called 'the war to end all wars' ?

and if our Ministry of Defence is off fighting in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Ukraine.....or wherever.....who exactly are they 'Defending' ? investors ? oil men ? other ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (10 Nov 2023 8.55pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Poppy Day is to remember British and Commonwealth war dead.

Edited by HKOwen (10 Nov 2023 11.50pm)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I think you might find that the players wanted to take the knee to support the anti racism meaning behind it. For no other reason than that they are against racism having all come up playing the most multi cultural sport/pastime/way of life known to man. Ever thought about that?

Clearly not given the rise in racist incidents over the past few seasons up until last. They gave the thing a reboot and it worked for a while. I can’t even remember if they’re still doing it. Good question to ask, is that loads on here we’re calling taking the knee virtue signalling. So why are others not allowed to call poppy wearing virtue signalling? Smacks of hypocrisy again from the ‘free speech unless we don’t like it’ mob again if you ask me.

Edited by BrentisBack (11 Nov 2023 9.24am)

And the IRA's close links with the Nazis something they have since been trying to airbrush from their history.

One more point

I'm going to be quite fair here and say it's far less than you might think. Considering tens of thousands (and when you include the US, hundreds of thousands) of Irish fought on the Allied side, only really maybe a hundred or so (probably less) were on the side of the Nazis. Famous ones: Lord Haw, Haw, William Joyce - buried opposite where I work. Jack Murphy who worked with Otto Skorzeny and his special forces, particularly at the Battle of the Bulge. Skorzeny was cleared of war crimes and retired and died in Ireland. His uniform was on display in the Irish war museum. Last I looked Murphy was still alive in Kinvara but I suspect he's dead now. Hitler's Irishmen is one of the books that covers it.
One way Irish were recruited was after Dunkirk, the German's went around POW camps trying to recruit Irish prisoners. In some ways you wouldn't fully blame them thinking Germany had won anyway, at that time. Plus, who wants to be a prisoner of war for years? Unappealing to say the least. Also remember, average people were completely ignorant of Nazi death camps and doctrine, in the main.

Red and Blue Army!