Just finished this. That's powerful. I like that you focused more on the human spirit and not on the glorification of war (as you put it). It's sad that so many hundreds of thousands of lives were lost as a result of that war.
I don't have answers on how to keep wars from happening. As long as there's greed, people will continue to try to take what is not theirs. What could we as a species accomplish if we didn't have war? I think we would be amazed.
Thanks for writing this series. I'm looking forward to reading about your dad in the next post.
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Hey there, thanks for working your way through my Tobruk series of posts. There's more I could have written but didn't want to bore people. I try to focus on the human aspect of war when I write about it (if appropriate) and hopefully that came through. Rather than focus on the Australian side though I wanted to demonstrate that Rommel was just a human, susceptible to human frailty, and a loving parent and husband; Not just a ruthless battlefield commander. Anyway, thanks for reading.
I have started the series on my dad's experiences now and will roll a few of them out over time. Naturally through the nature of the setting they will have to be war related, but hopefully the reader will see it through the eyes of a 5-9 year old.
I thought you did a good job of presenting the materials.
I haven't heard many (any that I can think of) accounts of the war through the eyes of a 5-9 year old. Especially if it was while the city was occupied, I think it's going to be an intriguing series.
Hmm, I'm not sure either although I would imagine someone has done it; Lord knows there's been enough wars! I'm not sure how great mine will be but it's a way of making sure the stories I heard from my dad don't go untold and hopefully I write them in a way that not only conveys the story but entertains also.