As the centenary of the first World War rolls upon us, we will be hearing a lot of analysis and history during the next 4 years. The last Canadian veteran of that terrible war died a few years ago. Here is the story of one family from Nova Scotia that sent 6 sons to fight.
A Weymouth family ripped apart by the Great War | The Chronicle Herald
Full disclosure: this was written by my wife about her family.
A Weymouth family ripped apart by the Great War | The Chronicle Herald
Full disclosure: this was written by my wife about her family.
Much of the ongoing strife in the Middle East can be directly related to the borders unwisely drawn after WWI in the post-Ottoman Empire era. In the far future it is possible that historians will view the period from 1904-20?? as a continuum of war with common root causes interspersed with modest periods of peace/cold war.
Very true, and Margaret MacMillan's book "Paris 1919" gives a good overview of the aftermath. However, I wanted to share that article because it touches on the terrible human cost of war, by showing what it did to one family.
Peggy Noonan in this morning's WSJ had a great article.
The World the Great War Swept Away - WSJ
This fall we're taking our vacation in the Somme -- probably as far east as Lille
The World the Great War Swept Away - WSJ
This fall we're taking our vacation in the Somme -- probably as far east as Lille
My grandfather (British, served in one of the Yorkshire regiments) was seriously injured at the battle of La Somme in 1916, survived by holing up in a shell crater until the battle was over after getting hit leaving the trenches. Sat out the rest of the war due to his injuries. Almost everyone he knew growing up who was in that regiment was killed. Unfortunately I remember little more, and he was not one to talk at length about it. His big hope for me was that I would never experience the horror of war.
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