I used to believe that wars were won by one person. For instance if a soldier had a medal it was because he had personally won a war. This tied in nicely with my belief that you got to be a general by winning a war....
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- I used to believe that it was the Star Wars "Tri-ology" instead of the Stars Wars "trilogy".— keith Key
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon
- I used to think that world wars's were called war wars. So then World War II became War War II.— Maria
- I thought there were only four ranks in the army: private, corporal, Seargeant, and General— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly