Those who could write or speak about it were in no doubt that what they had seen and come through was not just the most important event of their lives, but probably the most important event in human history. My grandfather, who landed in Sicily and must have seen the liberation of Italy at close quarters, apparently never mentioned anything about it to his family once it was all over. Those who experienced the white heat of the conflict may have found themselves unable to speak about it afterwards. Even those who experienced its privations and drama remotely, far from the theatre of conflict, found the peculiar flavour of those years irresistible when it came to memorial and contemplation. F or the generation that endured it, the second world war always looked likely to be the most significant event of their lives.
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