"For me its about the poor sods that had to retreat from Dunkirk, run up some beach in Normandy, dog fight over the channel, dodge u-boats in the atlantic etc etc etc. If you can't think of a military event where you were grateful to the men who lived and died to secure the country you ended up being born into, then to me it's a shame"
Summed it up well as when war was really war and not a technological battle which makes the losses even worse. Everyone agrees war is not nice but now compared to then is nothing in some regards which makes me even more grateful that things have somewhat improved.