The Great War

[TLDR20]

I am currently listening to Hardcore History on WW1. Holy shit.

 

[CQB]

The one lesson to learn from August 1914 is not to overreact to terrorism.

 

[pardus]

The one lesson to learn from August 1914 is not to overreact to terrorism.

Sobering to think that a half arsed 19 yr old assassin, was the trigger for the deaths of tens of millions, the reshaping of half the world, countless changes and problems that we are dealing with now and will for the foreseeable future.

 

[TLDR20]

Sobering to think that a half arsed 19 yr old assassin, was the trigger for the deaths of tens of millions, the reshaping of half the world, countless changes and problems that we are dealing with now and will for the foreseeable future.

The war was bound to happen eventually.

 

[pardus]

The war was bound to happen eventually.

Yeah, he was just the trigger. He'd have a cult conspiracy following today.

 

[CQB]

Sobering to think that a half arsed 19 yr old assassin, was the trigger for the deaths of tens of millions, the reshaping of half the world, countless changes and problems that we are dealing with now and will for the foreseeable future.

The Balkans War was really the start but is largely overlooked and it didn't really finish until well after 1918. I heard a notable historian talking about the origins and comparing it to WW2, where the origins were obvious. So what I find fascinating is this historian (female, knowledgeable, can't recall her name) is that with the origins of The Great War is that for all that has been written on the subject, they are all correct because the origins were so complex. The Arch Dukes driver takes a different route to avoid trouble and drives into it...so prosaic really and chaos was the result.

 

[pardus]

 

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[pardus]

The scale of this war amazes me.

 

[pardus]

 

[pardus]

Probably better posted in 364 days, but we can never be reminded enough...

863 Commonwealth troops died on the last day of this war, which ended at 11am... Think about that. Now add the American, French, German etc... casualties on top of that, when the commanders on all sides well knew that the war was going to end in a few short hours...

 

[AWP]

I don't have the words or snark except to say this looks great and I want a copy when it is finished.

 

[Gunz]

Wow. Peter Jackson restores WW1.

 

[AWP]

I'm really looking forward to this.

Peter Jackson's World War I Documentary Lands a Title and a Premiere Date

Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson now has a title for his upcoming World War I documentary: They Shall Not Grow Old. In his announcement trailer for the film back in January, Jackson revealed the project, a documentary of the lives of soldiers fighting in World War I brought to life using archival historical footage restored to near high-definition standards, complete with hand-colorized updates.

 

[Scarecrow]

I just came across this on Facebook. This is a battalion of the Cameron Highlanders in 1914 before being deployed to the frontline and a photo of what was left of them after they returned in 1918 after the Armistice. Incredible generation of men.

 

[Kraut783]

Holy.....that is powerful

 

[4859]

Damn. That's some serious survivor guilt right there.

 

[DC]

I especially like to study the airwar. The technology and how it effected the fight. It’s all intriguing.