I was six when it started and twelve when it ended. I don't think I felt any anger or resentment to the citizens of Germany, Italy or Japan. Our armies were fighting their armies. Jim, I think this is a good question. I think on the whole even at my young age I realised that it was the governments that were fighting and that the people of those countries were really people like us.
Politicians use their enormous power to make ordinary people do terrible things.
In your American Civil War it was one army fighting another. During World War 2 it was unarmed, defenceless, innocent civilians who suffered most. You can click here to write to him .