Soldier’s bedroom remained untouched for 102 years after he died in battle during World War I in 1918

The Blaze ^ | April 19, 2020 | Paul Sacca

[Mercat]

Miss Haversham.

[Afterguard]

WWI was terribly grim and virtually preventable. So many mistakes and so much hubris. I recommend Winston Churchill’s five volume (technically six, but Volume III was written in two parts) The World Crisis. He began the the war as First Lord of the Admiralty, and later (after the Gallipoli failure) served in the trenches of France before being recalled to Government by David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions. It can be a bit of a slog in places but even so it is riveting reading by a master historian who was an actual actor in the tragedy of WWI.

[DuncanWaring]

Oh, no, not nearly that bad.

[Bull Snipe]

Both of my grandfathers missed the grim realities of the Western Front. My dad’s father was a coal heaver (fireman) on USS Wyoming BB-32. My mom’s father was a steam engine mechanic as a member of the Spruce Division in Western Washington State.
Their mission was to log spruce to be used in airplane construction.

[ealgeone]

I’d bet those who served on the Eastern Front might disagree.

[manc]

Thanks

[HereInTheHeartland]

Thats an amazing story. It feel very much like a another Great War is being seeded right now with what is going on.

[Romans Nine]

Ran out of people to kill.

[alternatives?]

“Ran out of people to kill.”

men

[Redleg Duke]

My Grandfather was an Infantryman in the 42nd Division, in the trenches.

He was wounded by artillery and had bone splinters working out for several years.

He taught me to hunt, fish and garden. He owned and operated a hardware store for over 50-years.

His greatest gift to me was talkig me out of volunteering for Viet Nam. I told him it was my turn, but he said that unlike WWI and WWII, we weren’t in Viet Nam to win. He kept my name off of that Wall.

[Rinnwald]

“...I imagine him to be quite provincial, perhaps even narrow-minded...”

Daniel Fabre sounds like the typical product of 21st century Europe. He’s not fit to carry Hubert Rochereau’s water, much less smoke his cigarettes.

[oh8eleven]

WWI is just too grim.
What makes it more unbelievable is that the war was over nothing. Nothing! Unfathomable.

[dfwgator]

The world would have been a much better place had Britain and the US stayed out of WWI.

[KobraKai]

WWI was the result of a cascade of alliance triggers. Alliances should be more carefully considered, which is the travesty of many NATO members being allowed in.

[bravo whiskey]

I too have studied a lot on ww2. Currently into 18th, 19th and 20th century Russia. Russian Civil War is fascinating and now into The Great Game in central Asia. For ww1 skip the western front. Check out the Italian front, Russian front, Turkish front and Africa.

[PastorBooks]

Thank you for your post!

[oh8eleven]

The world would have been a much better place ...

Absolutely.
On a slight tangent ... I was watching one of those goofy Beach Party movies that were so popular in the very early, pre-Vietnam '60s.
As I watched, I wondered what the US would look like today had we not gotten involved in VN. Sigh.

[SamAdams76]

It killed roughly 10,000 men a day, 365 days a year, for over four years.

That puts the current situation in some perspective.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm certain we've had a topic about this before, but I couldn't find it. Thanks a fool in paradise.

[SunkenCiv]

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