The Fallen
“These laid the world away ; poured out the red
Sweet wine of youth ; gave up the years to be
Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene,
That men call age ; and those who would have been
Their sons, they gave, their immortality.”
Rupert Brooke.
World War I
The fateful day of July 28th 1914, marked the beginning of the Great War. The world staggered at the imminent destruction of its Peace, and every nation prepared itself to safeguard its sovereignty and the cause of humanity. The very foundation of civilization was trembling at the impending crisis.
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World War II
On the 1st of September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the West unleashing the Blitzkrieg on the world; days later Britain and France declare war on Germany beginning Word War II, the bloodiest war in human history. The war raged on for six years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers in 1945.
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Civil War
The Civil War beginning in 1983, was an intermittent insurgency against the government by LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). A 26-year-long campaign by the Sri Lankan Government ended the conflict on the 19th of May 2009, with the death of the leader of the LTTE.
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