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Title: 'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy
Post by: rangerrebew on February 23, 2019, 12:39:12 pm

'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy
19 Feb 2019
We Are The Mighty | By Eric Milzarski

There is nothing more heart-wrenching to veterans with families than having to explain why daddy hasn't been the same ever since he returned from the war. A reasonable adult can grasp the idea that war is hell and that it can change a person forever, but an innocent kid — one who was sheltered from such grim concepts by that very veteran — cannot.

A. A. Milne, an English author and veteran of both World Wars, was struggling to explain this harsh reality to his own child when he penned the 1926 children's classic, "Winnie-the-Pooh."

https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/02/19/winnie-pooh-was-created-vet-explaining-war-his-boy.html (https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/02/19/winnie-pooh-was-created-vet-explaining-war-his-boy.html)

Title: Re: 'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy
Post by: verga on March 12, 2019, 06:31:24 pm

Interesting article.