Educating Brittany

Educating Brittany

Educating Brittany

There are lots of aphorisms about people learning from history, including that people don’t learn from history; that people learn about history not to make the same mistakes, and that those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. True or not, the fact remains, people are endlessly fascinated by the Second World War’s history; and many feel that younger generations need to know it too.

It’s guessed that the length of time devoted to footage of and about that War on British television alone has already exceeded the length of the actual conflict, 1939-1945. That’s without counting movies, diaries/recollections, historical books and novels that have been and still are inspired by it.

That such a complex war should prove fascinating over 70 years after it ended, is perhaps not a surprise, as there are almost 40 conflicts going on around the world at present ranging from civil wars, drug wars and territorial disputes to insurgency.