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Originally Posted by Paisley
War doesn't determine who is right only who is still left.
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Actually, war determines only who gets to write the history books. As for mz's question 'forget what' just because the Commonwealth fought a war, and it is called a World War doesn't mean every country participated. Like he said the dutch were Neutral in that war (and would have remained neutral in WW2 too, but Hitler and his generals decided Holland could become a strategic staging ground for the English if they had remained neutral, and therefor occupied Holland). As we passed by on the horrific trenchwar, our history books tell very little on the subject of WW1 (as compared to WW2, and more ancient wars the Dutch were involved in), and therefore armastice/remembrance/poppy-day. And are much more focused around the other big one, with our own remembrance day on may 4th, a day before the capitulation of the german occupational forces in Holland.