Darkest Time

Today, 16 August, is one of the day that we all will remember and commemorate, and our children, our children's children and their grandchildren will not stop doing it. Today, sixty years ago, in 1945, we put an end one of the bloodiest war in human history, World War II. Started on 15th March 1939 when German Army invaded Czechoslovakia, then six days later they tried to claim the city of Danzig in Poland. From there, the wheel of evil started rolling, leaving blood marks in the timeline of human's history.

The invasion then followed by so many twist and surprises. The world was like watching a fierce murder drama. On the stage, leaders of the nations move their soldiers as their pawns to gain victory over the other. Communism and Fascism for once were feared more than death itself. The War affecting not only the countries involved in the dispute but also the whole piece of Europe. Its tragic bloodshed then reaching out far more into Africa region, even Russia suffered in agony from the war. Countries formed alliance, stalking and deployed their army forces in coordination for an achievement. For a goal to be the strongest faction that might to dominate the global power stream. Troops were marching like zealots of the darkness to country by country, eliminating them who resisted the oppression.

German's NAZI army subjugated most of the European countries. Their Swastika flag was seen as powerful force that was in hunger of superiority from other nations. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, that once was just a messenger soldier during World War I, command a band of highly talented and higly dedicated generals. War engineers that able to work at their fullest will and loyalty for the great concept they were holding, the great Aryan regime.

One by one, European countries was swallowed and sunk under the undefeated army. Battles were seen by German soldiers as a lifetime test to be the great warriors of the perfect human race. Unstoppable. The world has no prediction when the war will end, if it was ever been an ending.

Not until six years later, on 6th June 1944. The involvement of U.S. army in the war was a turning point that started to show a breakthrough against the German's Army. Operation Overlord or D-Day took place on the early morning of 6 June 1944. After years of painstake planning, decoys and trainings, the invasion of Normandy was a first sign of the defeat of the Axis Army.

With about 2,727 ships and 156,000 troopers on a front of thirty miles, it was the largest and most powerful armada that ever orchestrated. In the next couple days after that, another 156,215 troops were deployed into the Western Europe frontline. They fought a battle that human never experienced before. Not a battle between human and nature. But between each other. A fight based on a belief of one's imminent vision, ideology. Dogmas that for certain resulting the death of armymen and civillians.

Between April and May 1945, German Army suffered major defeat in their European fronts. The war was ended officially on the May 8th of 1945. It was then declared as VE (Victory in Europe). Six years of bloody dispute. While the ending was glorified by every citizen of the world, the casualties of the war were staggering. Resulting the death of more than 55 million people. It left the survivors of the war with city in ruins, destroyed societies, further more was deep wounds in their souls. The remembrance of the war will never be gone. Not only for us to commemorate the braves, but shall it always remind us that once we were in the darkest time of our history.

"People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
Anne Rice

In the remembrance of the World War II. Dedicated for all who died in the event, also for their families. May our generation and generations after us will put aside hatred as war itself is an ideology. An ideology that destroys our good deed as mankind.