On the 25th of this
month in Australia, we remember those who fought at Anzac Day.
Anzac Day commemorates
those Australian and New Zealanders who fell 102 years ago at a muddy beach in
a cove at Gallipoli, described as ''a small constrained area surrounded by the
sea and steep terrain''. 100 years is not that long ago, if you think about it.
More than 620 Australians died on the first day of this protracted campaign
against the Turks. In a period of five months, by December, more than 8000
Australians were killed. That is history: history preserved and honored. The
Anzacs who remained - the ones who marched every April 25 until age wearied and
ultimately claimed them - have also long gone, but their spirit, their hardship,
and the thousands and thousands of other
people from different countries that gave up their lives in wars continues to
grow stronger in the public consciousness with each passing year.
I was asked by a family member the other day, if the 'Wars' didn't happen, what would the world be like now? It made me think, would we be in the dark ages again, economies combined, or having to start all over again.
Here are some of my
thoughts on what it would be like if the wars never happened…
There would have been continuous
numerous smaller wars in Europe, and in Australia even today. - Both World wars
are what it took to convince Europe that its centuries of warfare really were
unsustainable. Without them, Europe would have colonized The Levant, Palestine
and portions of Asia Minor when the Ottoman Empire collapsed - There was no way
even without WWI that the Ottomans would have ruled their empire after 1920 or
so. Southern Europe would have likely been either colonized by Northern Europe
or fell under its influence - This can be seen by Churchill’s request that
Greece fall under British influence after WWII.
The following nations I
believe would not exist - Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, any of
various states of the former Yugoslavia, the former Czechoslovakia, Israel, Lebanon,
Syria. Libya, Cyprus, the majority of the African states, the majority of
nations in Asia, particularly South Asia and Australia would not be the same as
it is today.
I believe that many of
today’s inventions would have been postponed 10-15 years or simply never
invented This exhaustive list includes: radar, jet aircraft, modern rockets,
telemetry, home computers, satellites, the integrated circuit, lasers and, of
course, nuclear weapons, even so much as the Internet and mobile phone that we
cherish today, may not exist. Even so much as the clothes and food we love, the
diverse range of food available from other countries, our clothing imports,
love of fashion would all be different.
It is all about, ‘Lest
we Forget’. Without those loved ones, we would not be where we are now. My
reason for explaining the above, is don’t be so selfish to forget, Without your family, loved ones, friends and
partners, their hardship, has changed our lives forever, and without their
courage and sacrifice our life would not be the same.
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