2191 Lesson 2.1 Traditional Diplomacy, Balances of Power and World War I

welcome to lesson two when we will speak about traditional diplomacy balances of power world war one and leading into World War II the remnants of Nazism I showed that picture at the bottom because that's still around and that's very important for the Ukraine war when we talk about the historical events back in the 1930s and 1940s those

lessons are fading because the people who participated in those Wars have died or are dying the lessons they learned are fading in our Collective memory although they were terrible lessons what lessons did you learn from your family about the Great Depression World Wars one and World War II actually the lessons have a huge impact

on people and subsequent Generations all wars affect future Generations some people are very resilient but most people never recover from War and the narratives the lessons that they teach their children are heavily influenced by their experiences my mother-in-law lived through depression and so she saved everything when she died it was unbelievable how much stuff she had

saved I think 11 sets of China all the elastic bands in the world my own mother was a refugee from Latvia from Riga and she was born in Riga and she had to flee twice in her childhood from Russia's armies although her own father was born in Moscow so she fled into Germany and then fled to Poland and

then fled out on a cattle car back to Germany my mother is still alive and has nightmares of World War II still when we talk about the memories of war and how they affect future Generations please ask your parents what their grandparents memories were of the war if they were in Europe or if they were in