We'll Meet Again
Hopeful parting words
"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song that became an anthem of hope during World War II, associated with singer Vera Lynn.
The phrase evokes wartime separation and the promise of reunion, carrying a bittersweet optimism.
It gained darker ironic resonance through its use in the final scene of *Dr.
Strangelove* (1964), where it plays over nuclear explosions.
The phrase now signals either sincere hope for reunion or gallows humor about catastrophic endings.
- reunionGathering after separation
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
Vera Lynn · parting · train station · embrace · promise · longing · separation · bittersweet · homecoming · soldiers · white cliffs · letters · waiting · sweetheart · return · someday · hope · WWII
- War SongsLa Marseillaise, Anchors Aweigh, Rule Britannia, Dixie, Yankee Doodle
We'll Meet Againadieu
Formal leave-taking
rest in peace · farewell · final farewell · final goodbye · nevermore
We'll Meet AgainTaps
Bugle call for mourning
In Flanders Fields · Dies Irae · Brothers in Arms · Strange Fruit