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^That blast is actually 97-98 years old.
/WWI nerdage
Awesome stuff, muh man, will check out tonightAny and all centenary updates are appreciated (don't have all the access I had back in murica).
^That blast is actually 97-98 years old
/WWI nerdage
Awesome stuff, muh man, will check out tonight
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Amazing photographs...so serene-looking. Can't wait to visit...wish I could keep some of the ordinance I'll inevitably find but I doubt Customs would like det tbh
That war murdered Western Civilization. We've never recovered.
I may get to go to France around this time next year, definitely wouldn't mind checking some of these sites out.
I didn't know you were a WW I buff. If you own a pair of good hiking boots then a visit to the Isonzo Front in Slovenia is a must. The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies fought a series of 12 major battles on Alpine peaks and mountain ridges. They were living in fortified caves and freezing/starving most of the time. It's both beautiful (scenery, nature) and sobering (number of casualties, living conditions). A lot of the fortifications and caves/trenches are still there and specialized hiking tours are organized, they still regularly find unexploded ordenance from that time. There are several impressive monuments all around the area and a very good museum in Solkan.
But it's the crazyness of fighting major military battles on such a terrain that blows your mind.
A decent illustration here:
Red Line: Italian front line
Blue line: Austro-Hungarian front line
Really starts at the 2:00 min mark.
damn, that was crazy - thanks!I didn't know you were a WW I buff. If you own a pair of good hiking boots then a visit to the Isonzo Front in Slovenia is a must. The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies fought a series of 12 major battles on Alpine peaks and mountain ridges. They were living in fortified caves and freezing/starving most of the time. It's both beautiful (scenery, nature) and sobering (number of casualties, living conditions). A lot of the fortifications and caves/trenches are still there and specialized hiking tours are organized, they still regularly find unexploded ordenance from that time. There are several impressive monuments all around the area and a very good museum in Solkan.
But it's the crazyness of fighting major military battles on such a terrain that blows your mind.
A decent illustration here:
Red Line: Italian front line
Blue line: Austro-Hungarian front line
Really starts at the 2:00 min mark.
I spent part of the day today at the American Military Cemetery at Brookwood. It is part of the larger Military Cemetery within Brookwood where several nations have memorials. This is the WW1 cemetery here in the UK and is about 20 minutes from the house (the WW2 cemetery is out in Cambridge). We were the only ones there for about 30 minutes, which was a bit disheartening being Memorial Day and living in an area just outside London with a high concentration of US expats. Then the superintendent of the US cemetery showed up and asked us to come over to the flag pole so he could read a declaration from the POTUS. It was to be read at noon local time at all American military cemeteries around the world, at which time the flag was to be raised to full staff. I was asked to do the honors of raising the flag. Definitely one of the coolest events I've been a part of, and was humbled to be able to honor the WW1 veterans who were interred there.
My grandfather fought in WW! in France, he saw his best friend killed next to him by a German sniper while they crawled across in a field of tall grass laying communications wire.
I want to believe, but you already lied about going to an Ivy school.....so I'm gonna have to call this another lie
No lies from me, I have no motivations to lie about anything.I want to believe, but you already lied about going to an Ivy school.....so I'm gonna have to call this another lie
And I don't care if you believe this or not, the truth is the truth no matter what you say.
Plus this was not for your benefit, it was for the intelligent people out there who enjoy history.
Beaumont Hamel would be awesome to check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumon...dland_Memorial
Some of these places would be sweet to visit as well:
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypr...le-remains.htm
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/fre...le-remains.htm
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/som...le-remains.htm
This memorial looks awesome imo. http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-fla...y-memorial.htm
This as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menin_Gate
Tbh you could spend a month there look at stuff and still not get it all.
EDIT: Don't forget about Compiègne, where France took a on Germany and subsequently Hitler took a wet on the French.
I've been listening to this guy's podcast for awhile. He's not a historian but is ridiculously into history like WWI. Dude spent ten hours just talking about the first seven months of the war.
http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive
This thread is not only cool but also very informative.
Hardcore History is awesome
http://www.history.com/shows/the-world-wars
Started about 20 mins ago, encore after it though imo. I'm gonna record it and watch tomorrow. tbh.
I was thinking about studying history at one point of my student life, I took part on do entation work for essays about ww1 among others. I visited most of ww1 places. Verdun is by far the most interesting and amazing tbh.... One could spend a life writing about Verdun battle.
Finally some truly decent posts without all the crappy trolling.
A couple months ago somebody had posted old 1916-1918 footage from the Isonzo front (came in four 10-minute parts)--the weird tint on some of those films made them barely discernible--but at the same time fascinating. It's since been taken down. One scene in particular was a Italian company trudging through an open area in the Alps when they're suddenly fired upon by AH troops...in the chaos you can see a couple of them killed, and others writhing on the ground in pain. Very emotional yet poetic footage. The only thing that sucks was the unwarranted a capella music in the background.I didn't know you were a WW I buff. If you own a pair of good hiking boots then a visit to the Isonzo Front in Slovenia is a must. The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies fought a series of 12 major battles on Alpine peaks and mountain ridges. They were living in fortified caves and freezing/starving most of the time. It's both beautiful (scenery, nature) and sobering (number of casualties, living conditions). A lot of the fortifications and caves/trenches are still there and specialized hiking tours are organized, they still regularly find unexploded ordenance from that time. There are several impressive monuments all around the area and a very good museum in Solkan.
But it's the crazyness of fighting major military battles on such a terrain that blows your mind.
A decent illustration here:
Red Line: Italian front line
Blue line: Austro-Hungarian front line
Really starts at the 2:00 min mark.
I'll look for them again...it would bore most people tbh, but that is fascinating to me.
whats some good on youtube i can check out?
Awesome stuff IMHO.Hardcore History is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Ve3m0brNbA_7xo
This one is good. 10 part series with each around 50 minutes.
Excellent choice. Even though this one is 50 years old it's still awesome.
Nig, this guy has a ton of 4 part uploads about WWI. Just load all his posted videos and you'll see em. Your vid might be in there tbh.
https://www.youtube.com/user/mengutimur/videos
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