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Now It's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
During 'The Great War' ~ World War One ~ it certainly was not 'all quiet on the western front'. War poetry bears witness to this! But it is peaceful there now. Where once there was death and horror, there is now agriculture once again. And the quietest spots in Northern France are the military cemeteries, where the graves of dead young soldiers can still be seen ~ standing 'row on row'.
49 commentsWorld War 1 Flying Aces: ANZAC s who tamed the skies above the trenches in ww1.
World War 1 Flying Aces: ANZACs who tamed the skies above the trenches in WW 1; by Pearldiver. The boys from DownUnder who volunteered to fight for King and Country, in far away places. To an entire generation of young men, army recruiters sold...
21 commentsThe Legacies of a World War
After the Great War the powers that be decided to take their revenge on Germany. The result of this revenge was the 2nd World War. There were also other consequences.
8 commentsThe Lost Battalion of World War I
It's like something out of a really depressing movie-- 600 soldiers surrounded by a much larger enemy force, pinned down in a ravine.and forced to dig deeper and deeper foxholes in order to protect themselves...
19 commentsWorld War 1 Women in War ww1
The role of women changed forever with the outset of world war one
78 commentsWhere Once There Was Hope: Profound Words and Images: Volume One: World War One: Life In The Western Front Trenches.
Where Once There Was Hope: Profound Words and Images of War: Volume One: World War One: The Western Front; by Pearldiver features amazing, profound images of the unbearable conditions that an entire generation of outstanding young men and women...
18 commentsThe Candle in the Window
Sitting at the corner of Fort Hill and North Main Street in the small City of Canandaigua, New York is a stately old home with a candle glowing perpetually in its right front window. An electric candle has replaced the original wax candle that a mother lit for her son when he left to fight in World War I. The candle was to remain burning in the window until the soldier returned. It still glows today almost a century since that son departed for war.
15 commentsThe Origins Of World War 1
There were many issues in Europe during the early part of last century that made Europe a very volatile place. These issues coupled with some major and not so major events contributed greatly to the...
0 commentsComparison of selected WWI & WWII Poetry
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