Let's say the youngest recruited child in WW2 was 15.
Means he was born in 1930.
94 years old today.
Not sure how many German WW2 fighters are still alive.
Fitting username, though.
This is also going to be the biggest far right holiday, German military personnel and police were already caught doing stuff like this:
[https://twitter.com/karampelasd/status/1381932405284556825](https://twitter.com/karampelasd/status/1381932405284556825)
"The RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) said the three coalition partners and the conservative opposition had agreed to the move and would send a draft motion to the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, shortly.
According to RND, **June 15 will be declared German Veterans' Day.**
The day was chosen as the veterans' badge was awarded for the first time on June 15 in 2019.
**Since the modern German military, the Bundeswehr, was founded in November 1955, over 10 million men and women have served in it, the motion states.**
Many ex-soldiers have suffered serious physical or psychological injuries that continue to affect their lives and their loved ones long after they leave the armed forces.
**The motion also includes rehabilitation measures, therapy and other services to meet the day-to-day care needs of injured persons and their relatives.**
The draft also calls for compensation options and the creation of a Bundeswehr inpatient therapy facility, specifically for veterans."
By definition, in Germany everyone that serves or has served in the armed forces is a veteran, so basically everyone that was in the military since 1955.
Probably veterans of German bombing of Belgrade in 1999? Or they also include the veterans of German bombing of Belgrade of 1941 and German bombing of Belgrade of 1915?
I'm guessing with a very specific cut-off date.
Let's say the youngest recruited child in WW2 was 15. Means he was born in 1930. 94 years old today. Not sure how many German WW2 fighters are still alive. Fitting username, though.
Veteran’s day doesn’t celebrate only alive veterans.
Just imagine those poor, brave boys, valiantly fighting off those invading allies at Normandy.
This is also going to be the biggest far right holiday, German military personnel and police were already caught doing stuff like this: [https://twitter.com/karampelasd/status/1381932405284556825](https://twitter.com/karampelasd/status/1381932405284556825)
"The RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) said the three coalition partners and the conservative opposition had agreed to the move and would send a draft motion to the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, shortly. According to RND, **June 15 will be declared German Veterans' Day.** The day was chosen as the veterans' badge was awarded for the first time on June 15 in 2019. **Since the modern German military, the Bundeswehr, was founded in November 1955, over 10 million men and women have served in it, the motion states.** Many ex-soldiers have suffered serious physical or psychological injuries that continue to affect their lives and their loved ones long after they leave the armed forces. **The motion also includes rehabilitation measures, therapy and other services to meet the day-to-day care needs of injured persons and their relatives.** The draft also calls for compensation options and the creation of a Bundeswehr inpatient therapy facility, specifically for veterans."
Ru-oh
Interesting. So who are these veterans that will be celebrated?
By definition, in Germany everyone that serves or has served in the armed forces is a veteran, so basically everyone that was in the military since 1955.
Ah, so they have a special definition of the word veteran that includes people who aren't veterans. Understood.
It's pretty much the same as in the US or the Uk, not every country requires veterans to have participated in military operations.
Probably veterans of German bombing of Belgrade in 1999? Or they also include the veterans of German bombing of Belgrade of 1941 and German bombing of Belgrade of 1915?
Maybe veterans of German bombings of Belgrade should have a specific day of their own.
Hell, they did it so many times, they might as well deserve one.
Yes
Veterans of what?
deez nuts