Was Winnie the Pooh Written to Explain PTSD to a Boy?

A really interesting and informative post from, Nicholas šŸ¤”

Nicholas C. Rossis

In an interesting post by We Are The Mighty, Eric Milzarski theorizes that A. A. Milne, an English author and veteran of both World Wars, wrote Winnie the Pooh to explain the harsh reality of war to his own child when he penned the 1926 children’s classic.

As a young man,Alan Alexander Milne stood up for King and Country when it was announced that the United Kingdom had entered World War I. In 1915, he was commissioned as an officer member of the Royal Corps of Signals into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Soon after, he was sent to France to fight in the Battle of the Somme.

Somme Offensive | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books
World War 1. Somme Offensive. Scottish Highland regiment advancing under fire during the taking of Longueval, July 28, 1916.

The description, ā€œHell on Earthā€ is apt, but doesn’t come close to fully describing the carnage of what became the bloodiest battle…

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