Who are those who gave their lives so that we can all be free??

You hear the phrase: ”this country that my ancestors fought and died for“ fairly frequently in the UK. And more so when you come across groups of semi-illiterates or in underprivileged parts of the country. These folks seem to think that only brits died to keep us free….?

A quick google search will yield the following basic information:

DEATHS BY COUNTRY
 

Country	Military Deaths	Total Civilian and Military Deaths
Albania	30,000	30,200
Australia	39,800	40,500
Austria	261,000	384,700
Belgium	12,100	86,100
Brazil	1,000	2,000
Bulgaria	22,000	25,000
Canada	45,400	45,400
China	3-4,000,000	20,000,000
Czechoslovakia	25,000	345,000
Denmark	2,100	3,200
Dutch East Indies	—	3-4,000,000
Estonia	—	51,000
Ethiopia	5,000	100,000
Finland	95,000	97,000
France	217,600	567,600
French Indochina	—	1-1,500,000
Germany	5,533,000	6,600,000-8,800,000
Greece	20,000-35,000	300,000-800,000
Hungary	300,000	580,000
India	87,000	1,500,000-2,500,000
Italy	301,400	457,000
Japan	2,120,000	2,600,000-3,100,000
Korea	—	378,000-473,000
Latvia	—	227,000
Lithuania	—	353,000
Luxembourg	—	2,000
Malaya	—	100,000
Netherlands	17,000	301,000
New Zealand	11,900	11,900
Norway	3,000	9,500
Papua New Guinea	—	15,000
Philippines	57,000	500,000-1,000,000
Poland	240,000	5,600,000
Romania	300,000	833,000
Singapore	—	50,000
South Africa	11,900	11,900
Soviet Union	8,800,000-10,700,000	24,000,000
United Kingdom	383,600	450,700
United States	416,800	418,500
Yugoslavia	446,000	1,000,000

Among those are the ancestors of many people we now refuse entry to the UK or when they walk out streets, they get told to ”go back where you came from”.

The so called ”WORLD WAR” brought the world together to confront hate. Soon as the war ended, we broke ranks and the world swiftly switched back into ”your country”, ”my country” and you only have to see the pattern of the countries that retained wealth versus those who are now in abject poverty.

Amongst those who gave their lives so that the UK could avoid the clutches of Hitler and his goons, were tens of thousands of people who had never been to the UK. Their descendants are some of those ”foreigners” we now despise so much, when they walk our streets today. 87,000 Indians as an example….

Britain’s contribution and sacrifice is unquestionable and I get irritated when the French refuse to acknowledge this (if brits had caved-in or formed a similar nazi-leaning vichy govt…) or when historians forget the fact that in the end, someone had to standup to Hitler, for others to join. And if Britain hadn’t been the one to stand up to him, the course of history may well have been tragically different. In addition, the loss of nearly 400,000 british lives, is in itself, a massive per capita toll. But our ancestors didn’t do it without the 87,000 indians who died, other commonwealth folk etc. None of those millions who died fighting hate during WWII would believe where we got to in 2016 with Trump and his hateful supporters taking over America or where we are today, when you read some if the vile comments people put on chats and spout on our streets. 27 illegal immigrants wash up on our shores a few weeks ago and we just shrugged and carried on spouting hate. How can this be where we have ended up after all that sacrifice made in 1939 – 1945???

Our politicians continue to sit back and oftentimes provoke hate for political gain, when we should relentlessly stamp it out. As I have repeatedly written on here, borders must be made secure and immigration should be via due process, BUT hate and abuse/discrimination must never be allowed to become acceptable in our society; there are no credible excuses for tolerating hate. Others died to keep us free, not just brits! While that doesn’t mean they can now all move here (i.e. their descendants), when they are here, they should never be exposed to or have to up with hate and bigotry!